Monthly Archives: April 2006

Trojan.NetBus.153 and Trojan.NetBus.160 (Whackamole)

A few weeks after Back Orifice was released, a utility called NetBus was authored and released by a Carl-Frederik Neikter that is very similar to Back Orifice. One of the main differences is that it works under NT as well … Continue reading

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X97M/Laroux.CF

The X97M/Laroux.CF virus was first listed as “In The Wild” on The WildList in July 1999. At present there are incident reports originating in Canada, India, and USA. X97M/Laroux.CF only replicates. This virus infects Excel worksheets. Upon creating new workbook … Continue reading

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