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To: Ron who wrote (35951)	8/22/2003 8:15:39 PM
From: mr.mark	Respond to of 110652

"Infected PCs Await Orders From Hacker" yes there are users right now who are infected and they either don't have a clue that they are infected, or they suspect it and maybe even tried a few things to eradicate the problem, but they know they are not right and they are just "living with it" there are many, many people in that boat right now "It's a fairly recent development — over the past few months — that we're seeing viruses that leave a trap door so bad guys can come in later and install more hostile software." that's the key. the bad guys get in, patch things up with the latest ms security patch, clean up most of the infection, and leave themselves ingress and egress