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How do u get rid of Back Orfice? please help
A guy i kno has sumhow put back orfice on my pc and he is messing up my comp. i really need to get rid of it without formatting my pc. please help me if u can. the guy is on my network, and we r sharing the internet connection thru a router. and i used a trojan scanner to look at all the ports and there were 10 open, 2 used by msn sumthing, 1 by netspy, and another by wat looked like a french title, cant remember it.
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>the guy is on my network, and we r sharing the internet connection thru a router.
So if I understand correctly, you actually know who did this right? It isn't some random hacker-wannabe from the net, it's someone down the hall or something? Why don't you just make him take it off?? If he knows about Trojans, he probably knows enough to follow instructions and get rid of it.
...Or if he's your roomate, I've found that shutting off the hot water when the person is in the shower teaches a good lesson.
So if I understand correctly, you actually know who did this right? It isn't some random hacker-wannabe from the net, it's someone down the hall or something? Why don't you just make him take it off?? If he knows about Trojans, he probably knows enough to follow instructions and get rid of it.
...Or if he's your roomate, I've found that shutting off the hot water when the person is in the shower teaches a good lesson.
...or shutting off the cold water.
3rd degree burns, spyware on your PC -- you're about even :)
3rd degree burns, spyware on your PC -- you're about even :)
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December 10, 2002
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