Re: Hacked!! no loading into system.

From: Jeff Cochran (jcochran.nospam@naplesgov.com)
Date: 01/08/03


From: jcochran.nospam@naplesgov.com (Jeff Cochran)
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 12:52:37 GMT


>A user got hacked and now the system can not be booted.
>
>The user have Firewall software on.
>The system was compromised twice.

How do you know?

>The first time, it attempts reboots but it failed to boot
>for an hour.
>
>After everthing was back on, it happened again. it
>attempts to reboot but this time after an hour, the system
>files were corrupted.
>
>On the boot up it goes into Win2000 boot screen but it
>stop and says the winnt/system32/system or
>winnt/system32/systemd
>
>is corrupted or missing!!
>
>now it doesn't boot pass that message.
>
>What can be done?!

Reformat and reinstall, especially if you believe the system was
hacked. Harden the system, try http://securityadmin.info/ for helpful
pointers.

But...

None of the symptoms you've descirbed indicate the system was hacked,
so answer the first question I posed. You more likely have another
type of error.

Jeff



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