Re: Help: I think I've been hacked! what can I do??

[Hendrik Hasenbein]

Mark Jayson Alvarez wrote:
Hi,
  Last night before this morning, I was browsing fine
with kde's konqueror. I don't remember doing anything
about my system rather than dialing through ppp. This
morning, when I ppp to dial into internet... my
external modem established a successful
connection(because I can see the LED's are lightened
up the way I usually see it). 

   But when I launch the konqueror and typed something
in the address bar and hit enter, it says Unknown
Host
   Next, I tried browsing through Links in my shell
but it still says Unknown Host. I even rebooted my
machine and tried dialing again.. but still says
unknown host whichever browser I use. 

I've tried to ping 127.0.0.1 and it replied. I've
tried to ping http://www.google.com but it says there
was an error.
Does the error looks like that:
ping: cannot resolve www.google.de: Unknown host
   I've type ifconfig in the shell and it returned
something like 198.0.2...198.3.4...(just an
example) at the bottom which indicates that I have a
successful connection with my isp and they have
provided me with a public ip address.
I'm sending this email to you from Windows and I'm
pretty sure that my external modem is working fine.
Question:
 Do you have any idea what could have happened with my
pc? I honestly think that I've been hacked and I am
being denied of service. Now, I only have one thing in
my mind... to back up my files and reformat my freebsd
partition.
It could be a DNS issue. Can you try to ping 69.57.142.26, 
66.35.250.150, 216.239.37.99, 216.239.57.99 or 216.239.39.99?
If you get a reply, try to enter them into your browser.

If that works, try to get the DNS server address under windows and enter 
it in /etc/resolv.conf

 If you know something better than formatting my pc,
please tell me where should I begin...
One last thing...
  Other than those of recovered vi sessions, I can
read some unusual mails about system occurances etc..
when I logged in as a root(but I dont know what they
really mean)
Looking forward to your kindness,
-jay  :=(
Hendrik
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Re: Help: I think I've been hacked! what can I do??

[Alan B. Clegg]

Out of the ether, Mark Jayson Alvarez spewed forth the following bitstream:

But when I launch the konqueror and typed something
 in the address bar and hit enter, it says Unknown
 Host

Google, CNN, and a bunch of Akamized services were (are?) having problems
this morning.

Please try your request again later.  8-)

AlanC
-- 
   We have shared the incommunicable experience of war. We felt, we still
   feel, the passion of life to its top. In our youths, our hearts were
   touched by fire.  -- Oliver Wendall Holmes


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