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Old 24-08-02, 07:37 AM   #6
kento
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Quote:
Originally posted by Merijn
All trojans/worms/viruses for Kazaa have (and probably will) use the same approach to spreading:
- you download the worm thinking it's something else
- you are stupid enough to execute it
- the worm copies itself to several dozen filenames that seem attractive to stupid Kazaa users
- the worm makes the folder it copied itself to available to the Kazaa network by writing it to the Registry where Kazaa looks for folders to share
- rinse and repeat

So if you have a virusscanner that's up-to-date: don't worry.
Thanks for the clarification, Merijn...and hello to MagicMorpheus!
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