On that special day, Tracker, (Tracker <"snailmail(valid)
222000"@yahoo.com>) said...
> Once a Backdoor is present your as good
> as GOLD OWNED BY THE HACKERS.
Let us reword that in a more resonable way: Once a backdoor or
downloader is there, you cannot be sure any more about the contents of
the files that exist on your computer. A downloader will fetch and
install more programs, and a backdoor that is detected from the outside,
will allow for remote controlling and installing more stuff, of doing
whichever the attacker wants.
This may turn your computer into an anonymous mass mailer, a storage for
child pornography or the server for exchanging loads of copyrighted
material. Maybe you host an internet shop or a site that tries to spy on
credit card numbers. Anything may happen.
Once a backdoor or trojan is there, there is no safety any more. You
have to format the hard disk and re-install, from scratch. And don't
forget the patches!
Gabriele Neukam
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Ah, Information. A good, too valuable these days, to give it away, just
so, at no cost.