Thanks to everyone for your help so far. I need as much info as I can about what RATS can do to your system and if they can be traced. Does anyone know of any good web sites where I can find this info? Has anybody else had RAT infections before and what did they do to your system?RATS = Rough Auditing Tool for Security, right? I know nothing about it but, based on some Google hits, it does not seem to be something that falls into some category of harmful software such as viruses and spyware. So, why are you referring to it as an "infection"?His other post was about Remote Access Trojans, presumably he's asking about them still.
I didn't know RATS were also "rough auditing tool for security" - thanks for that, even THOUGH I wasn't the one asking.I did not see his post on Remote Access Trojans. Maybe he MADE up his own ACRONYM, RAT. The first few pages of a Google search turned up nothing indicating RAT = Remote Access Trojans.I'd never heard of RAT being an acronym for remote access trojans either, I just assumed that was what they were called because he was asking about them and no one said otherwise.
A Google search doesn't turn up anything, but I'm pretty SURE I've seen them referred to as RATs before, thinking about it . . .
Or maybe he did just make it up.
I thought I posted a link to his post, but looking back I definitely didn't.
Here it is.I found the below item but I'm a cat.
I got excited when I saw the RATS posted.
I can't believe my own father scared of a
mouse.
But ssthon! He was no ordinary mousssee.
He was a RAT. :-?

http://www.netlingo.com/lookup.cfm?term=RAT

You know?That format and fresh install GX1_Man
was leaning towards...... in your other post Calum
pointed out....Sure sounds good don't it?

It ought to kill all of them pesky RATS.

Have you tried a normal RAT TRAP? :-? He didn't just make up his own acronym, RAT's are Remote Access TrojansI thought I'd seen RATs as Trojans before.
Thanks for confirming that, I thought I was barking up the wrong tree again.Quote

He didn't just make up his own acronym, RAT's are Remote Access Trojans

Thanks to everyone for your help so far. I need as much info as I can about what RATS can do to your system and if they can be traced. Does anyone know of any good web sites where I can find this info? Has anybody else had [highlight]RAT infections[/highlight] before and what did they do to your system?

Thanks to everyone for your help so far. I need as much info as I can about what [highlight]RATS[/highlight] can do to your system and if they can be traced. Does anyone know of any good web sites where I can find this info? Has anybody else had RAT infections before and what did they do to your system?