RE: New Trojan?

From: David Gillett (gillettdavid_at_fhda.edu)
Date: 07/01/04

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    To: <vrsnet@pandora.be>, <security-basics@securityfocus.com>
    Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 10:41:58 -0700
    
    

    > 1)Check your host file %windir%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
    > and lmhost.sam

      The 'hosts.sam' and 'lmhosts.sam' files are SAMples, included
    with the OS, of what live content in a 'hosts' or 'lmhosts' file
    could look like. DO NOT bother checking the .sam versions of
    these files, since the OS ignores them!

    David Gillett

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: vrsnet@pandora.be [mailto:vrsnet@pandora.be]
    > Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 3:54 PM
    > To: security-basics@securityfocus.com
    > Subject: Re: New Trojan?
    >
    >
    > 1)Check your host file %windir%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
    > and lmhost.sam
    > 2)If that doesn't help do a search in the windir for files
    > !containing! the
    > url (best option is to search for netidentity.com)
    > These will be mostly like this: hjkfqshkfjqh.xxx
    > Then use wholockme or foundstone tools or filemonitor to
    > find out wich
    > programs run or use these files.
    > success
    >
    > ----- Original Message -----
    > From: "Jeff" <Jeff@Not_A_Real_Address.com.telenet-ops.be>
    > To: <security-basics@securityfocus.com>
    > Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 8:14 PM
    > Subject: New Trojan?
    >
    >
    > > PLEASE READ ... I feel violated and need much help, if not for
    > > the PC, for my nerves.
    > >
    > > The PC is a WinXP box, fully patched, routinely checked with
    > > Spybot 1.3 and AdAware 6. I run SpywareBlaster as well. I also
    > > use Thunderbird 0.6 and Firefox 0.8. All other family members
    > > run Thunderbird on this box. IE6 has not bee removed but is
    > > fully patched.
    > >
    > > Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition 9.0, AV file 6/25/2004 r19
    > > is running. (I purposely purchased the licenses at work for
    > > our home users also so that they WOULD stay up to date -- a
    > > practice I learned from Sprint a long, long time ago.)
    > >
    > > I use a Netgear FVS318 to interface to my Verizon DSL account.
    > >
    > > The events as they happened.
    > >
    > > 1. My son read his email via the web. It included e-cards.
    > > He read them. Doesn't remember where they took him, nor
    > > does he remember if he used IE6 or Firefox.
    > >
    > > 2. Long screaming session about things TO do and things NOT
    > > to do while on the internet. 278th time. Disabled his account.
    > >
    > > 3. Mis-typing a URL will now take me automatically to
    > > www.netidentity.com with the mistaken URL clearly
    > > identified inside. Identical results on IE6 and Firefox.
    > > Java and Javascript are disabled on Firefox. I leave IE6
    > > alone because I use it when I absolutely must go to some
    > > bogus activex site, oh, and windowsupdate. But I don't use
    > > it otherwise. I always use Firefox.
    > >
    > > URLs that caused this include: mapblast, mapquest, abc, def
    > > ... through xyz.
    > >
    > > Please note: I had typed "mapblast" but had hit Enter rather
    > > than Ctrl-Enter, by mistake. The URLs entered are literally
    > > those listed, just the word.
    > >
    > > They are then transformed to http://mapblast/
    > >
    > > 4. SAV CE, Spybot, AdAware, SypwareBlaster were all checked for
    > > updates and the entire system was scanned. Nothing found.
    > >
    > > ** My immediate thought was that Network Solutions was up to thier
    > > ** old tricks with it's Site Finder business. A quick check of
    > > ** another PC in the house eliminated that.
    > >
    > > 5. I checked my syslogs and NULL routed the IP address being used
    > > to access www.netidentity.com. The same page comes up sans the
    > > graphics and the flash. The web page is still there though, just
    > > looking sad. Another check of the syslogs brings up 64.15.175.5
    > > as generating the pages, an open proxy.
    > >
    > > 6. Also ran HiJackThis and went through ALL of the items on it.
    > > Nada. Couldn't find the IP addresses or domain names in the
    > > registry. I also ran them in reverse notation. Nada.
    > >
    > > 7. Checked my network settings to make certain that some new DNS
    > > server wasn't stuck in. Nope, still set to use the Netgear box.
    > > Put 4 different DNS servers in -- still get that stupid site.
    > >
    > > 8. That was all at lunchtime. Haven't had a chance to run netstat
    > > or Ethereal to gain any additional clues.
    > >
    > > ZOIKS!!!
    > >
    > > The PC is off. But NOT knowing what is going on is driving
    > me insane.
    > >
    > > So while I <ahem> work this afternoon, I thought I would see if any
    > > of this sounds, smells or <insert fav sense here) like anything that
    > > anyone has seen before!
    > >
    > > Jeff
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
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