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To: Dave who wrote (66540)	3/31/2002 4:18:53 PM
From: dybdahl	of 74651

It is true, even on Windows 2000 and XP. A basic hacking method is to put a hacker file named the same as a program used by an administrator in a user directory, for instance traceroute.exe. If the system administrator then types traceroute while in a user's directory, the current directory is searched first (default on Windows) and then the hacker tool is executed by the system administrator. The hacker tool can then set appropriate rights for the hacker without having the system administrator know this. There are many different methods like this that work on Windows but not on Unix and Linux. And the more software you have installed, the worse it gets. So yes, if you want security against a hacker who wants you badly, don't let your children use the same Windows computer as you do, even if it runs Windows XP. Some firewalls products can detect some things, if the user knows a lot about network protocols. But most good hacker tools disguise their network connections behind other network connections made by the user, making it almost impossible for endusers to detect this as being a hacker tool. Dybdahl.

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