TDS Trojan Defence Suite

[ytay]

well my pleasure socalgal, it is an awesome lttle package, the only thing that is unfortunate is they have the iridium satellite alert......and that company is pretty much bankrupt http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[brandon184]

I'm a bit confused, and always have been on this - Is "trojan" just another word for virus?

[smokin1]

Thanks socalgal, I've been fooling with that program a bit...gonna put it through a few tests and see what happens..
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brandon184
A trojan is a program that is placed on your system to allow another person operating their computer to control your system as if they were sitting in front of it. They have to have the server software, and you have to unwittingly have the client software on your computer....not all trojans are detected by anti-virus programs...and the newer trojans are configurable to make them harder to find..hope this helps..
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[This message has been edited by smokin1 (edited 04-02-2000).]

[Morpheus1964]

Much like the infamous Trojan Horse. A good way to check for them is to visit http://www.secure-me.net and ask for a basic system scan. They leave a high numbered port open. For example, the infamous NetBus leaves port 12,345 open.

With a good firewall and some precaution, you can make a trojan seem a little more like the giant rabbit in "Monty Python & the Search for the Holy Grail". http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[socalgal]

Not much to add to the above... http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

Viruses replicate, trojans don't.

There's another "type" also, worm... which is a type of virus or replicative code that situates itself in a computer system wherein it releases it's malicious code. Usually wrapped inside a Trojan. (no pun intended...)

[socalgal]

Well, it's not often I start a thread on a trial version download..
http://tds.diamondcs.com.au/

Some configuration and loads of features with a super text-based GUI. Good Help menu. Lots of plug-ins, works w/W98/NT, remote access setup, Netstat, customizable ports, has speech synthesis technology using the MS Text-To-Speech engine (test first before using on TDS), etc., etc.

I've only been running it a couple of days.. but it's pretty awesome from what I can see.

Thanks, ytay for your post recommending this one! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif
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