Another potentially damaging trojan horse virus, called Ie080898.exe, is being distributed by a hacker calling himself Bad Sector.
According to the hacker site Rootshell the trojan has turned up in the US and Australia and is not related to the 'Back Orifice' system released by cDc's 'Sir Dystic'.
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