2006-05-23, 12:06 PM
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...and since we know an end will come it makes our living so much fun
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: In your dreams, baby
Posts: 3,835
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cd34
This is just incredible.
Not only was the client's home machine hacked, their passwords discovered, etc, but, the hackers found the foresight to install a proxy server on his machine and named it mcafeeav.exe -- so, when the firewall alert popped up to ask whether the client wanted to allow that application remote access, he said yes.
At that point, the hackers used the proxy on his machine to access his server -- making it almost impossible to see which were valid updates to his site and which were not.
Oh how much fun... not!
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Tell me it can't happen on a mac.. not even a mini mac please 
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