Toxbot
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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]
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External links
- W32.Toxbot at Symantec Security Response
- Win32/Toxbot at CA
- Toxbot at F-Secure