[aclug-L] Re: re attacked....

["drbert" <drbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

have you heard of 'brown orifice?'
Netscape Communicator versions 4.74 and earlier are affected

there's no patch or fix for it yet

----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Holmes <maholmes@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <discussion@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 2:55 AM
Subject: [aclug-L] re attacked....


> It was not imagination, my netscape is up besides the usernet box, which
shows
> in out activity.  The red and green got solid, and it said 3.7 k per
second of
> data was going somewhere.  Both times this has happened while I was using
> netscape.  I try using the kde browser, but it will not handle the java,
and I
> am told to view the web page, I must use either netscape or Internet
exploder.
> As soon as I pulled the phone cord out of the wall, the coomputer locked
up.
> Before it was pulling up web pages, and spawning new web windows.  During
the
> entire event, I had no mouse and no keyboard.  When I pulled the phone
cord, I
> was able to use ctrl alt backspace to kill xwindows.    The hard drive was
> still grinding, but all sorts of crap was flashing by on the screen---not
the
> still stuff which is a byproduct of xwindows.  I can almost recite the
output
> word for word of what xwindows leaves on the screen.  THis was not that.
files
> which were /usr/bin  ...........at least 5 or six levels deep in my
> subdirectory.
>
> [qeggg444444h6qqqqq
>
>
>  --
> Michael A.w365hq364hjt461hj6q24h4h464466284q4htttegqgqqqqq5g Holmes
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