Subscribe Feed (RSS)70GB of Files Uploaded Because of a Trojan Virus
July 17th, 2007 by Sameer | Filed under Hosting.The name ‘trojan’ came from a historical concept known as a ‘Trojan Horse’. It was actually a giant wooden horse that was given as a gift to some town or castle, but in reality it was not a gift but had soldiers inside it who jumped out and attacked and ramsacked the town or castle. This word has now come to mean a program that gets inside and attacks your computer! It could be an innocent looking software that you install that has this on it.
Recently I was dealing with a server that was compromised by the Trojan Wollf Virus…
According to Symantec, "Backdoor.Wollf.16 is a Backdoor Trojan Horse that installs itself as a server and allows unauthorized access to an infected computer.."
According to Sophos, it:
- Allows others to access the computer
- Steals information
- Downloads code from the internet
- Records keystrokes
- Installs itself in the Registry
Now.. the hacker who gained access to the serve,r he managed to upload some 70GB of personal files - apps, warez, mp3s, illegally copied movies, etc on this server
Take a look for yourself! Backdoor uploaded files (331kb)
Here is a snippet:
Directory of C:\System Volume Information\catalog.wci\bin\DVDR
06/03/2007 10:54 AM <DIR> .
06/03/2007 10:54 AM <DIR> ..
05/26/2007 10:01 AM <DIR> Borat.2006.PAL.MULTISUBS.DVDR-RUSH
06/03/2007 03:40 AM <DIR> FaTz
06/03/2007 01:25 PM <DIR> Heroes.S01.INTERNAL.HDTV.XviD-SCT
05/26/2007 01:56 PM <DIR> Smokin.Aces.PAL.NORDIC.DVDR-RUSH
05/26/2007 11:22 AM <DIR> The.Fountain.2006.PAL.PROPER.MULTISUBS.DVDR-SSB
0 File(s) 0 bytes
I created this list from command prompt by typing "dir /s > output.txt"
These were uploaded to a dedicated windows machine that had its Windows Update set to "automatically download but let me choose when to install"
I cleaned it up with the following steps:
- Never turn off Automatic Windows update unless you are going to watch it like a Hawk
- If you are infected with a trojan, check your hard disk for large files as you may have been used as a file server
- Install Microsoft Defender
- Install Spybot Search & Destroy
- Install Lavasoft Adaware
- Install ClamWin (will only search) or AVG antivirus (AVG cannot be used for free on servers though)
- Download Mcafee Stinger, a free tool to clean viruses from your machine
- Run Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool
- Make sure your Windows Firewall is enabled, or better yet, get ZoneAlarm or some other software firewall
Any comments?
