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Stealthy Trojan horses, modular bot software dodging defenses
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2005-06-13

Software attack tools that turn PCs into remotely controlled zombies are getting better, but defenses are not keeping up, say security experts.

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So, don't run as administrator on WIndows 2005-11-04
Anonymous
Many of the assorted trojans/worms will simply not work if the users fooled into executing them are not running in Adminstrator mode on Windows. The malware won't be able to change Hosts files, disable anti-virus software, change DNS servers, install startup software, install browser hijackers, etc...

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