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January 26th, 2006, 06:16 AM
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What kind of attack, malware is this?
I was just curious to what it could've been...
Recently, I was unable to access specific websites such as my yahoo email, CNN, and certain others. This went on for weeks, (until a reformat  ). I know it wasn't because their servers were down or overloaded because it's a very slim chance that the same specific websites over a long period of time wouldn't be accessible.Was this a Denial of Service attack?  Any ideas? Jeff
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January 26th, 2006, 12:14 PM
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Re: What kind of attack, malware is this?
Malware changing the HOSTS file is a very definite possibility.. there's a lot of worms and other malware out there that are still doing this to make it hard for you to disinfect (hard to disinfect when you can't get to a website to download a disinfection tool).. in addition some of these will attempt to kill security software and other tools used in remvoing malware.
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January 26th, 2006, 12:27 PM
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Re: What kind of attack, malware is this?
Hi Notok,
Yes, the HOSTS file is a popular target.  I guess I could make a backup copy of the file so that if it gets infected, just delete the infected file and reinstall the clean one in its place. I thought my Spyware Doctor would protect the host file from infection. Jeff
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January 26th, 2006, 10:36 PM
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Re: What kind of attack, malware is this?
If you have all the "On-Guard" settings on, it should.. I suppose it's possible that it got it when it was down, though. There are other possibilities, but that's the most common one.
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January 27th, 2006, 01:35 AM
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Re: What kind of attack, malware is this?
spyware blaster can be keeping backups of hostfiles, so does spybot also winpatrol and spybot can lock host files from attack, i think..
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January 27th, 2006, 02:08 AM
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Re: What kind of attack, malware is this?
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Oops, I don't think I had it set right , but fixed it.Thanks Notok! Quote:
Thanks chocolate doodle. I didn't have any of those running when it happened but good info to have. By the way, I just sent you a post to your thread, "What's the best download spot" Thanks, Jeff
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