I'm infected...

[bandXtrb]

with the "GT Bot"

Using the program Swat It , I discovered these infections:

E:\DL\pkunzip\PKZIP.EXE Infected with: GT Bot 32 Bit Color.c
E:\mIRC\mirc32.exe Infected with: GT Bot Dropper Nohack Scanner

Norton AV did not see these.

This bot probably came in through an altered version of PKZIP that I downloaded. I read that GT Bot is used mainly for DDOS attacks and spamming, but it also has a file server command that can access my drives

This might explain why my other system was being port scanned from this very computer (ZoneAlarm showed its local IP as the origin).


So I run ZoneAlarm, keep Norton updated, download all security updates for Win2k, i'm wary (usually) of what I download, and now I will use this Swat-It program.

Is there anything else I should be doing so I don't get surprises like these in the future?

 

[spanky]

any idea how u got it?

 

[bandXtrb]

Since infected PKZIP.exe shows an infection, I think it may have came from a doctored copy of PKZIP I downloaded.

Or it may have come in through mIRC somehow.

 

[Ramsnake]

thank god....just like others on this forum who wear their heart on their sleeves....i thought the message would be like im infected with the HIV virus or something......was that ur way of getting attention or something...better change ur title to "my computer has been infected by virus help" or somethin'.



try adsgone...its a good addon to ur arsenal...it should block bots and adware servers frm accessing the internet.

 

[yakko]

Sucks to be you.

 

[Chooco]

lol i somehow got 8 copies of nimba on my computer before i got my router, i didn't execute any of them though (thank god)

as a TFC player i was gonna come in here and say "KILL YOURSELF BEFORE YOU INFECT US ALL!!" but then i saw you were talking about computer................

 

[b0mbrman]

It happens to everyone sooner or later...

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

<< Is there anything else I should be doing so I don't get surprises like these in the future? >>



Run OpenBSD instead?

 

[Muadib]

Did you have Norton updated when you became infected?

 

[joohang]

I thought that this thread was about STD.

 

[yakko]

<< I thought that this thread was about STD. >>

Still trying to get help with yours?

 

[lawaris]

<<

<< I thought that this thread was about STD. >>

Still trying to get help with yours? >>



u an expert on that ?

 

[bacillus]

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<< I thought that this thread was about STD. >>

Still trying to get help with yours? >>


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