AN UPDATED VERSION of the backdoor program SubSeven was released by its creator, a hacker known as "mobman," on Friday, according to the "official" Web page of the program. The SubSeven backdoor, which allows malicious hackers to access and control a user's computer without his or her knowledge, is "one of the highest threats to Windows PCs, especially those running in broadband environments," said Chris Rouland, director of the X-Force research team at computer security firm Internet Security Systems (ISS) in Atlanta.. . .
AN UPDATED VERSION of the backdoor program SubSeven was released by its creator, a hacker known as "mobman," on Friday, according to the "official" Web page of the program. The SubSeven backdoor, which allows malicious hackers to access and control a user's computer without his or her knowledge, is "one of the highest threats to Windows PCs, especially those running in broadband environments," said Chris Rouland, director of the X-Force research team at computer security firm Internet Security Systems (ISS) in Atlanta.

The program typically arrives in an email disguised as one of a variety of benign file types. Users unwittingly launch the program, potentially allowing a malicious hacker to perform actions including restarting and shutting down their computer and retrieving passwords, as well as uploading, downloading, and deleting files from the hard drive.

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