Backdoor Trojan behind BigPond, Internet spam woes

http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/security/story/0,2000048600,20279775,00.htm Backdoor Trojan behind BigPond, Internet spam woes By Andrew Colley, ZDNet Australia 15 October 2003 U.S.-based Internet security researchers have confirmed that a worm is behind the sharp jump in spam activity battering Telstra's BigPond and other major global ISPs since early last week. UPDATE: BigPond service recovery may take 'several weeks' By Iain Ferguson, ZDNet Australia 14 October 2003 Telstra has conceded it may be several weeks before BigPond e-mail service levels return to normal as the telecommunications carrier wrestles with delays caused by a steep ongoing surge in traffic.