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Re: Possible Zombie/Bot?

Subject: Re: Possible Zombie/Bot?
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 12:38:27 -0400
Does anyone know which infection always has the NICK set to start with
a carat ^?


Thanks!

On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 4:10 AM, <admin@systemstates.net> wrote:

Hi Tony,

Never seen this before with a bot - would be worth running some of the
rootkit checking programs (e.g. Rootkit Revealer -
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/sysinternals/bb897445.aspx) and
having a look through the startup entries using HijackThis.

Having said that, if it comes up 'clean', you still won't know for sure.
It might be better to scrub the box and start again from known good
backups.

cheers,

--
www.systemstates.net - penetration test / IDS / incident response



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Possible Zombie/Bot?
From: "Tony Raboza" <tonyraboza@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, May 12, 2008 2:08 pm
To: incidents@securityfocus.com


I'm thinking this might be a sign that this PC is part of a botnet?
How can I be certain? And what kind of botnet/worm exhibit the
behavior as above?

Thank you very much.



Sincerely,
Tony



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