Any chance that this is something risky?<SMALL>Attempt to connect to local computer using the NetBus Trojan!...</SMALL>
NetBus trojan?
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NetBus trojan?
Every so often I get the following warning on my computer...
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Wiz Feinberg
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You can Google on this subject like I did, and you will find that it is one of the original backdoor trojans let loose in the late 1990's.
Here is something I found about this warning, on a forum:
"<i>I get a pop up (Norton Internet Security Firewall) window that says
Security Alert/Attempt to connect to local computer using the NetBus Trojan Horse detected</i>"
"Just because someone is scanning for netbus on your computer, it doesn't mean that you are infected. Someone is looking for people who are infected to access their computer."
"You're right! I didn't read the original post carefully enough, I'm afraid. This is Norton advertising what a good job it is doing, and the best course of action is to tell it to shut up and stop interrupting you--just do the job."
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You should run a full system virus scan using the latest definitions, just in case you are hosting Netbus. If nothing turns up it is an infected computer, or Netbus controller searching for infected machines to control.
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Here is something I found about this warning, on a forum:
"<i>I get a pop up (Norton Internet Security Firewall) window that says
Security Alert/Attempt to connect to local computer using the NetBus Trojan Horse detected</i>"
"Just because someone is scanning for netbus on your computer, it doesn't mean that you are infected. Someone is looking for people who are infected to access their computer."
"You're right! I didn't read the original post carefully enough, I'm afraid. This is Norton advertising what a good job it is doing, and the best course of action is to tell it to shut up and stop interrupting you--just do the job."
<hr>
You should run a full system virus scan using the latest definitions, just in case you are hosting Netbus. If nothing turns up it is an infected computer, or Netbus controller searching for infected machines to control.
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Bob "Wiz" Feinberg
Moderator of the SGF Computers Forum
<small>Visit my Wiztunes Steel Guitar website at: http://www.wiztunes.com/
or my computer troubleshooting website: Wizcrafts Computer Services,
or my Webmaster Services webpage.
Learn about current computer virus and security threats here. </small>