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"autorooter" Attack Bot on the Windows Hunt: news.com

Its not a worm but rather an "autorooter". A program that receives collective instructions via IRC channels and scans for and then compromises Windows hosts. Feel like some "trustworthy" computing anyone? For more see the linked news.com story.   Attack bot exploits Windows flaw: news.com

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