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Norton Internet Security flaw for IRC

source: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/secur...pooks_nor.html

Quote:

Symantec Users, Start Your Keyloggers "if someone types startkeylogger or stopkeylogger in an IRC channel, anyone on the channel using the affected Norton products will be immediately kicked off without warning"
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A Symantec spokesperson said the "startkeylogger" trick affects only a small number of its customers (read: those geeky enough to frequent IRC) and works because its Norton products "inspect the user's Internet traffic and block the secret commands that malware writers send to their malicious software that they deploy in the field.

:D cool

Re: Norton Internet Security flaw for IRC

All Right I Confesss It Was Me!!!!!!!!!
Lol

Re: Norton Internet Security flaw for IRC

And anyone who thinks it is funny to type in "startkeylogger" into an irc channel will probably find themselves +k, but more likely +b.

Re: Norton Internet Security flaw for IRC

/me fires up mIRC :)