On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 13:20, Gene Heskett wrote: > >They use these botnets to distribute spam, launch DDOS, or whatever > >else their imagination came come up with. Either of those would > >contribute to an increase in bandwidth usage. > > Humm, we were in fact subjected to a DDOS attack early last sunday > morning, which lead to the traffic servers demise & rebuild. > Got us listed at spamcop & our mail died. Or more likely, your box was participating in a DDOS. Do you have any idea what exploit might have been used to install the programs you found? -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
