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From: mnv at alumni.princeton.edu (MN Vasquez)
Subject: Help, possible rootkit

The bootable CD has already been mentioned.  Have you scanned it for open 
ports?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "BillyBob" <billybobknob@...mail.com>
To: "Alan Melia (Melmac)" <alanme@...mac.co.uk>; "'Full Disclosure'" 
<full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Help, possible rootkit


>I have ran Process Explorer, Code Stuff Starter but nothing shows up in the
> list as using this 25-30% of my CYP.  I also updated and ran PestPatrol,
> NortonAV, etc but nothing  is detected which is why I think I have a 
> rootkit
> that has patched the kernel and therefore not allowing any of these 
> programs
> to detect it.
>
> Anything else ?
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alan Melia (Melmac)" <alanme@...mac.co.uk>
> To: "'BillyBob'" <billybobknob@...mail.com>; "'Full Disclosure'"
> <full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com>
> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 4:47 PM
> Subject: RE: [Full-Disclosure] Help, possible rootkit
>
>
>> First check to see what processes are running.  TaskList is built in but 
>> I
>> would recommend.
>> http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml
>>
>> Get to know your machine and what processes are running normally.  With
>> 25-30% CPU it should stick out like a sore thumb.
>>
>> Oh yeah don't run as admin (see )http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis.
>>
>> Alan
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com
>> [mailto:full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com] On Behalf Of BillyBob
>> Sent: 23 October 2004 17:05
>> To: Full Disclosure
>> Subject: [Full-Disclosure] Help, possible rootkit
>>
>> I have noticed that my XP system is behaving like I have a rootkit.
>>
>> - My mouse is jumpy (it freezes for a second when I move it around the
>> desktop) and the minimized Taskmanager in the systray shows I have around
>> 25 - 30 % usage, but when I open it, there is no process listed using 
>> this
>> much.
>> - I did a netstat, fport, openports and none of these show that I have 
>> any
>> odd ports open or any connections established.
>> - even when I disconnect from the Internet these symptoms do not stop.
> They
>> stop if I reboot, but then start again.
>>
>> I have ran VICE, Klister, PatchFinder and RkDetect from rootkit.com and
> they
>> could not find anything.
>>
>> Any more suggestions ?
>> Any more rootkit finding tools for Windows ?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Bill
>>
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