[mICQ] ICQ-Virus/Worm

[goetz fischer]

which kind of worm should spread there?
it's crossplatform and unix ;-)


Rüdiger Kuhlmann wrote:
>> --[dokubuntux at arcor.de]--<dokubuntux at arcor.de>
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>> If I log in... is my icq-password transmitted clearly like "abcde" or is 
>> it encrypted, e.g. with "crypt" or "md5"?
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> I can't tell you about the Virus/Worm spread via ICQ, but mICQ currently
> does not support login via md5 (as AIM does). The "encryption" is xor'ing
> with a known key. And if you save passwords in your micqrc, then they're not
> even obfuscated. Patches welcome ;-)
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