Am I part of a botnet!?!?!?

My d-bag friend decided that it'd be funny to ddos me with his botnet. I was really ~ Snipped as per TOS ~, and some times I get random lag spikes for no reason. Is it even possible to become part of a botnet just because you got ddosed?
I am using the default windows 7 firewall, and eset nod32 AV
I am also on wireless through a router...

I am no longer friends with this guy BTW, as he ddosed me.


Thanks guys!

 

I would recommend setting up a firewall and see what wants to phone-home. I was part of a botnet once, and the worm disguised itself as a component of my ATI video driver. Not a single antivirus could detect it, and it was making at LEAST 20,000 attempts through the firewall every day.

 

Are you serious?!?! Okay but answer my question, if you are a victim of a DDOS attack can you BECOME part of the botnet?

He DDOS'd my router, not my computer rofl. I have like 3 computers....

 

I don't want to say anything for sure, I am not the most knowledgeable dude around here but I would think it be better safe than sorry. Hopefully a regular around here can chirp in and help you out more than I can.

 

Will eset smart security likely detect it?

Also the only symptom would be the lag right? I mean can it be a keylogger too and not be detected ?!?!

 

If you own D-Link router or you didn't change your default password on your router you could be in trouble.

Chuck Norris botnet karate-chops routers hard
Hacking D-Link Routers (PDF)
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If your router was compromised then most likely you would feel effect on all 3 computers connected to it. If you want to be sure, reset your device to default state and then configure it once again.

As for your computer goes, try making a Kaspersky Rescue CD/DVD/USB and checking you PC for malware, although i feel that it would be very hard for someone to infect your PC only by a simple DDoS.

PS.
I read those articles very briefly so if i made some wrong assumptions, then please forgive me

HTH

 

If you have a dynamic IP just turn off your router for 5 minutes to get a new one.

 

Well, Im certain that my router has a diff password.

I dunno will ESET SS detect it or not? Im getting SS soon!

 

Im not being ddosed anymore and I dont have dynamic ip

 

I still think the best thing you can do is set-up a firewall to check and see if anything is trying to phone home. I don't know much about DDoS attacks or botnets, but a firewall is the only way I can think of 'nipping it in the butt.

These lag spikes you are talking about, are these new?

 

That's interesting. I need to have my Router turned OFF 1-12 hours to get a new IP. I know it differs from ISP to ISP.

I know some ISP's has the time to get a new IP set to 5 Min some 15 Min etc....

 

No, I believe you aren't part of the Botnet yet. However, your friend might've found a way to compromise the security of your router, to be sure, you'd have to reset it and change the admin password.

Also, you'd also have to check on your computers, maybe set up a software firewall (or what not) on each just to log and audit your outbound connections.

 

Hmm.. thanks for the info.

 

answered it right there

 

No it didn't.

 

http://blog.eset.com/2010/04/21/top-10-signs-your-computer-may-be-part-of-a-botnet

 

The answer is no! And with friends like that, who needs enemies

 

You could install this