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Trend Micro Testing Anti-Botnet Utility


Trend Micro Ships Anti-Botnet Utility Trend Micro is testing a nifty anti-botnet utility capable of listening for botnet-related traffic on infected Windows machines. Trend Micro's new RUBotted beta, available as a free download (.exe), is a lightweight program that intelligently monitors Windows machines for remote (command and control) commands sent from a bot-herder. These can include commands to turn the zombie machine into a spam relay; launch denial-of-service attacks; or host malicious Web sites for phishing attacks.

Trend Micro says RUBotted will co-exist with your existing anti-virus software to provide advanced bot-specific behavior monitoring. The beta is available for Windows 2000, Windows XP Pro, Windows 2003 Server and Windows Vista (latest service packs required for all OS versions). Trend Micro is following Symantec into this market and it's probably a safe bet that this will become a paid product (like Symantec's) once the beta is completed. Exploits and Attacks - Trend Micro Testing Anti-Botnet Utility - Ryan Naraine's Security Watch





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