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I've had very similar case of downloading software and getting a malware. I
wanted just to get it fixed, so wheither a virus, or worm, or rootkit I do not
know.
Symptoms were disabled Windows update and Windows networking. TCP in general
worked.
I found malicious files (just a few) using one of security tools running under
Linux CD-bootable to check consistency of Windows files. First I tried three AV
systems (F-Secure, Kaspersky and Symantec), but they were useless. Finally,
from Linux I was able to find files having inconsistent attributes, as far as I
remember - the size and modification date.
Nothing of particular, but: AV systems identify less than 90% of malware (both
forward and backward tests), when downloading freeware stuff a virtual machine
is the best option, and if after just installing of freeware Windows screw up,
it is obvious what is the reason for.
Mikhail
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Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 00:46:33 +0300
From: Alexandru Balan <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] suspicion of rootkit
To: phocean <[email protected]>
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Tried checking it with an AV ?
http://quickscan.bitdefender.com
On Jul 12, 2012, at 12:06 AM, phocean wrote:
> The machine is Windows XP SP3 quite up-to-date, but not fully. Except that
> Windows Update is not working anymore.
> One of the symptoms.
>
> I described the issues there:
> http://www.phocean.net/2012/06/30/rootkit-in-my-lab.html
> http://www.phocean.net/2012/07/11/rootkit-in-my-lab-part-ii.html
>
> You will see why some symptoms make me think about a rootkit.
>
> You are right, it could be some Windows being messed up.
> But it actually happened on a pretty fresh install: I finished setting XP and
> tens of analysis tools (I aimed this box to be my fresh reversing system).
> So even if possible, it sounds strange that a machine gets corrupted so
> quickly. And of course, I suspect some of these tools, got from multiple
> downloads.
> At last, I could analyse them one by one of course, but there are many so it
> would be painful (and I am not sure that I kept all setups).
>
> --- phocean
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