Spyware Information: Absent Directory Browser Argument DoS
This application is a denial-of-service (DOS) system. It will send malformed communication to web sites in order to bring them down. Denial-of-service attacks have been used successfully against some of the largest web sites (including Yahoo and CNN) as a show of force, and have even been used to shut down software companies that fight spyware!
If you're not a hacker and don't have any connection to DOS attacks, you should not be surprised if Absent Directory Browser Argument DoS is on your computer. DOS attacks only work when a large number of computers take part in them simultaneously, so hackers must break into a large number of computers to install DOS software. Many DOS tools are distributed by viruses. This lets their authors launch massive coordinated attacks from many unsuspecting computers.
- Size: 5,120 bytes
- Threat level: Low (more info...)
- Detections: 0 this month: 0
- Author: VIGILANTe
- Others by this author: HP Jetdirect multiple DoS Exploit, HP Jetdirect - Invalid FTP Command DoS, Intel Express Switch series 500 DoS #2, Intel Express Switch series 500 DoS #1, Lotus Domino ESMTP Service Buffer overflow, Invalid URL DoS, Netscape Enterprise Server for NetWare Virtual Directory Vulnerability, Mdaemon Web Services Heap Overflow DoS, OS/2 Warp 4.5 FTP Server DoS, NTMail Configuration Service DoS, WinCOM LPD DoS, Watchguard Firebox Authentication DoS
- Appeared: July, 2000
Spyware Detection Stats
- Spyware Fingerprints: 91,859
- Detections: 6,798,873
- Detections this Month: 409
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