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Tuesday, August 24, 2004

Who's looking at you? RBOT Trojan captures webcam video

web camecommnet do not normally write news stories about virus outbreaks or specific virus threats. We believe that all our readers will be vigilant and have already signed up to one or other of the manufacturer's news feeds. However there is a new threat which if it was not so serious would be amusing. The RBOT virus is so multi faceted that it includes the ability to capture images and sound from an installed web cam on the target PC.
The Trojan is very serious and users should ensure that AV systems are up to date as well as operating systems are fully patched.
The vulnerabilities exploited by the Trojan are the following
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-026
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-001
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-007
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posted by Robert Campbell 10:50 AM


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