At 10:49 11/29/98 -0700, you wrote:
>        Hello Everyone,
>
>        I have a friend that is having an ongoing problem with someone
hacking
>into his computer.
>This is being done remotely.  The main programs he uses is ICQ,  e-mail,
>and such.  Does anyone know of any good sources of information I can use to
>research this.  There are many hacker sites out there,  but I am having
>trouble narrowing down my search to this specific problem.  Any ideas would
>be greatly appreciated.
>
>                                Thanks     Alan Bentley
Hi Alan,

Try running a Web search on BackOrifice, a nasty Trojan Horse that can be
sneaked onto a remote computer if the user's IP address is captured while
using ICQ.

Lynn



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