Author Topic: virus for winxp: remote process control failure (Read 2473 times)

AKIron · « **Reply #75 on:** August 13, 2003, 04:08:30 PM »

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Originally posted by straffo
hahem ... synonym ring a bell ?

Except they are not. Firmware is most often stored in ROM and executed from there. Software is usually loaded from a disk into RAM and executed from there.

The biggest difference here is that a hardware/firmware firewall can easily be reset to factory defaults quickly eliminating the sometimes extensive efforts of a hacker.

Maniac · « **Reply #76 on:** August 13, 2003, 04:27:52 PM »

noodle32.exe

Its an variant of the worm... update your virus software...

straffo · « **Reply #77 on:** August 13, 2003, 04:33:46 PM »

Both can be true

I'm certainly picky

,I'm daily building a software wich is a ****ware ... according to your definition :
If it's on my devellopement PC it's a software ...(*)
When I do a release it's embeded on a PC104 ...(*)

So it's a firmware or a software

?

(*) in both case the ****ware work the same but a PC104 is a lot more tiny than even a shoe-box PC

AKIron · « **Reply #78 on:** August 13, 2003, 04:42:42 PM »

Straffo, I didn't make these words up, they've been around a long time.

We were discussing the merits of a software firewall (the type that runs on your PC) vs a hardware firewall (in our case one of the soho variety). Takeda got picky and said that they were all software. I got pickier and said the hardware were actually firmware.

Rude · « **Reply #79 on:** August 13, 2003, 04:43:48 PM »

Got the worm...found it ...removed it....fini.

You guys are soundin mighty geeky:)

straffo · « **Reply #80 on:** August 13, 2003, 04:50:25 PM »

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Originally posted by Rude
Got the worm...found it ...removed it....fini.

You guys are soundin mighty geeky:)

me a geek ?

never

Concerning the merit of "hardware" or "software" Firewall it's pretty simple : an "hardware" solution won't add another "software" on your gaming PC and so won't use any horsepower on it.

Notice how prudent I am : I've used a f**ed abnormal number of double-quote in this post

AKIron · « **Reply #81 on:** August 13, 2003, 04:52:35 PM »

hehe Rude, if you read this board yer a geek, only a matter of degree.

Straffo, you pegged it. When it runs on yer PC it's software, when your burn a rom it's firmware. If you load it into RAM from ROM then I guess you could call it Software. You can execute it directly from ROM though.

Snork · « **Reply #82 on:** August 13, 2003, 11:01:22 PM »

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Originally posted by Curval

Now, how do I get rid of these crabs?

Shave half of your groin. Soak the other half in lighter fluid, light it, and stab the little buggers when they leap across.

Crowwe · « **Reply #83 on:** August 14, 2003, 04:51:38 AM »

That reminds me of the guy who came in with genital warts so bad, he couldn't urinate. Had to call the urologist on duty to literaly punch the catheter to reach his bladder.

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Originally posted by Snork
Shave half of your groin. Soak the other half in lighter fluid, light it, and stab the little buggers when they leap across.

krazyhorse · « **Reply #84 on:** August 14, 2003, 08:00:29 AM »

so if i put a condom over the worm it will keep me protected???

WhiteHawk · « **Reply #85 on:** August 16, 2003, 09:22:59 PM »

Make sure you check yor c:\windows\prefetch directory for a lingering MSBLAST.EXE file. I was shoked to see this thing in my computer after a disinfection, a patch and a fixblast and a serch
c:\. All turned up nuthing, yet there it was, laying in wait.

Ike 2K# · « **Reply #86 on:** August 16, 2003, 09:46:43 PM »

Is the worm (MSBLAST) a Micro$oft's tactic to force pirated users of Win XP to buy the original software that cost $200+?

BTW, those people who have the pirated section (like me) of Win XP cant upgrade to SP1.