Toxbot
Toxbot (a.k.a. Codbot) is a computer worm that targeted Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003[1] and was primarily active in 2005. On infected computers, it opened up a backdoor to allow command and control over the IRC network, thus creating a botnet that at its peak comprised about 1.5 million computers.[2] The two unidentified makers of the botnet were arrested in October 2005 and received jail sentences of 24 and 18 months and fines from a Dutch court.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "WORM_CODBOT.AF - Threat Encyclopedia | Trend Micro (BE)". www.trendmicro.com. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ "Dutch Botnet Suspects Ran 1.5 Million Machines". Archived from the original on 2008-01-28. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
- ^ "Silicon". Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-05-21.
External links
[edit]- W32.Toxbot at Symantec Security Response
- Win32/Toxbot at CA
- Toxbot at F-Secure
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