The "New SubSeven Trojan unleashed" mentions the use of subseven as a remote administration tool - this is NOT a good idea as it leaves a nasty security backdoor even if a password is assigned - allowing the author of Subseven 2.2 (Aka mobman) + anyone else who knows a so called "master password" to freely access the computer.

Plus - a number of users have suggested installing the subseven with a password, to prevent anyone else installing subseven or accessing their computer - as above this is a bad idea as it leaves security loop holes........

As to virus checkers....well it will be difficult to find a definitive way of identifying subseven 2.2 - as it is so configurable - meaning that although you may think you are safe - you may not be!!!

As a general rule only download .exe files from sites you trust (i.e microsoft - well sort of trust anyway!!!) be alert! trust no one on the internet who is pretending to be your friend and offers you strange downloads........

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