Re: A Mailicious looking hack

From: Colonel Flagg (colonel_flagg_at_NOSOUPFORJ00internetwarzone.org)
Date: 10/29/03

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    In article <Xns9423ACCE8375stevejufrmsa1uniforu@196.25.240.158>,
    stevej@ufrmsa1.uniforum.org.za says...
    > Hi
    >
    > I wonder if anyone can shed some light on the following:
    >
    > A server kept crashing, the hardware is pretty old so it was obvoiusly the
    > 1st thing that was looked at. The box is running Windows NT 4. It turned
    > out that the hardware is fine. but we found directories containing
    > encrypted files as well as suspicious files in the Windows directories.
    > We can not delete these directories. It looks to me as if someone has
    > hacked into the box and is using it as a gateway, probably for something
    > illegal.
    >
    > Has anyone encountered this problem and if so, what can I do to fix it.
    >
    > Regards
    > Steve
    >

    hire a better admin.

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