Making changes or modifications to anyones machine without their express consent is illegal. Setting up an auto-mailer to contact the webmaster is not a bad idea. That is until their mail spools fill up from the auto-responders. The best cure is for people to take responsibility for their systems. On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 10:34:23AM -0500, James Stauffer wrote: > Would it work to write a program that listens for the default.ida request > and then sends back a patch through the hole to IIS on the machine with the > virus? It wouldn't be a virus because it would not spread (it would not > send itself, only the patch). It's legality shouldn't be a problem because > you are only protecting your computer and not harming the other computer. > It could also try to email webmaster at the machine. > > o o o o o o o . . . __________________________ ______=======_||___ > o _____ | James A. N. Stauffer | | JStauffer@ | > .][__n_n_|DD[ ====____ | Spam food: uce at ftc.gov | | SPSCommerce.com | > >(________|__|_[________]_|________________________|_|_________________| > _/oo OOOOO oo` ooo ooo 'o¬o¬o o¬o¬o` 'o¬o o¬o` -- Thanks, Spencer J Sinn