Sub7 Tells Chat Rooms All Your Stuff; F-Secure Leads the Battle
L. Taylor - June 29, 2000

Event Summary

Written as a full-featured, and well-organized computer program, a program called Sub7 divulges all kinds of information about you, and your computer, to IRC channels. Purportedly written by someone who goes by the name Mobman, Sub7 has been cropping up all over the Internet for months. Sub7 is well documented, supported by an online website, and is becoming increasingly popular. On Thursday, June 2, Sub7 version 2.1 BONUS was released.Sub7 can alter your registry settings, hijack your mouse, obtain your passwords, obtain personal information, and perform numerous other cyber-invasions. The infector who launches Sub7 can choose which IRC chat room to broadcast your system and personal information on. The broadcasted information can look something like the below logfile, depending upon which features the infector invoked when launching Sub7:..