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What, that's it?
That's it for this article?

No mention of how prolific it is; what defenses might exist; how to check for it's presence; anything?

Without more information, you're fear-mongering. Next time, just type "Boo!".


Posted by: finder@...   Posted on: 09/30/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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What, that's it?  finder@... | 09/30/09
What, that's it?  Franciscus101 | 09/30/09
Still  djmik | 09/30/09
protecting you against what?  zdnet-registraion | 09/30/09
jpeg  Ceridan | 09/30/09
Huh? The "defenses" are not to join the botnet. Did you even RTFA?  AzuMao | 10/07/09
SC Magazine Content  rjacksix | 09/30/09
Great post. Botnet is NOT spreading through JPEG  NonZealot | 09/30/09
So basically it's just another ordinary bot  T1Oracle | 09/30/09
Nope, it isn't even using JPEGs to communicate  NonZealot | 09/30/09
true that but  Ceridan | 09/30/09
botnet hides commands as JPEG images  abeassocs2003@... | 09/30/09
What's with all the posts bagging the article?  iTeaBoy | 09/30/09
Title Not Even Accurate  rjacksix | 09/30/09
RE: New botnet hides commands as JPEG images  gertruded | 09/30/09
Uh?  Ceridan | 09/30/09
Message has been deleted.  Media Whore | 09/30/09
Should I feed the troll gertruded, or not?  GuidingLight | 09/30/09
truth is truth, no matter how often it is repeated  Media Whore | 09/30/09
Sounds reminiscent of FrogExer  mechBgon | 09/30/09
RE: New botnet hides commands as JPEG images  bfilipiak@... | 09/30/09
Interesting but not relevant  NonZealot | 09/30/09
Your seem a little obsessed by ...  914four | 10/01/09
Thanks....  JCitizen | 10/01/09
Which operating system does this exploit affect Ryan?  D. T. Schmitz | 09/30/09
This isn't an exploit  NonZealot | 09/30/09
Serious failage  Media Whore | 09/30/09
Your honour, prosecution is not playing fair!  914four | 10/01/09
Headline Should Also Read: "ON A WINDOWS PC"  jbelkin | 09/30/09
EPIC FAIL  NonZealot | 09/30/09
I guess he didn't get the memo...  mechBgon | 09/30/09
Here is the memo  wcallahan@... | 10/01/09
great another Job fanatic...  Ceridan | 09/30/09
Message has been deleted.  formation.companies | 10/01/09
What part of BHO is specific to Windows don't you get?  whisperycat | 10/01/09
Those MAC users cling to their guns and religion  wcallahan@... | 10/01/09
And some fail to understand......  LazLong | 10/01/09
RE: New botnet hides commands as JPEG images  D Walker | 10/01/09
Still  LazLong | 10/01/09
It seems they can, though...  mechBgon | 10/01/09
Of course they can  NonZealot | 10/01/09
You misunderstand me or rather I was not clear....  LazLong | 10/01/09
To clarify...  mechBgon | 10/01/09
Please show me a non Windows example  LazLong | 10/02/09
Stats you requested  mechBgon | 10/02/09
@mechBgon Thanx for the response.  LazLong | 10/02/09
Let's laugh at the Microsoft party faithfull's denials  whisperycat | 10/02/09
This article is NOT about application vulnerabilites  iTeaBoy | 10/02/09

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