AIM Spammer 2.0.0

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Overview

Vendor Notes:

 From the doc: 'This is a spammer I coded to spam chatrooms on AOL Instant Messenger. It was tested on AIM 4.0+. I doubt it will work with AOL, only AIM. Don't be lame with this, spamming chatrooms with your website url is gay. I wrote this spammer to be used in conjunction with my Bloodhound 2.0.0 program (mass IP sniffer). If you use it like I intended, Bloodhound will sniff a very large amount of IP addresses and you will have a lot of success with it.'

Alias:

 Flooder Program [Panda], Flooder.Chat.AIM [Kaspersky], Win32/Flooder.Chat.AIM trojan [Eset]

Category:

Flooder: A program that overloads a connection by any mechanism, such as fast pinging, causing a DoS attack.

Trojan: Any program with a hidden intent. Trojans are one of the leading causes of breaking into machines. If you pull down a program from a chat room, new group, or even from unsolicited e-mail, then the program is likely trojaned with some subversive purpose. The word Trojan can be used as a verb: To trojan a program is to add subversive functionality to an existing program. For example, a trojaned login program might be programmed to accept a certain password for any user's account that the hacker can use to log back into the system at any time. Rootkits often contain a suite of such trojaned programs.

Similar Pests:

 Flooder · Trojan

Origins

Author:

 MF4

Date of Origin:

 August, 2001

Operation

Storage Required:
  • AIM Spammer 2.0.0: at least 37 KB
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    Detection and Removal

    Automatic Removal:

    PestPatrol detects this.

    PestPatrol removes this.

    Manual Removal:

    		 Follow these steps to remove AIM Spammer 2.0.0 from your machine. Begin by backing up your registry and your system, and/or setting a Restore Point, to prevent trouble if you make a mistake.
    Stop Running Processes:

    Kill these running processes with Task Manager:

    Remove Files:

    Remove these files (if present) with Windows Explorer:

    Research

    File Analyses:

    More Info:
  • AllTheWeb, AltaVista, AOL Search, Ask Jeeves, Google, HotBot, Lycos, LookSmart, MSN, Yahoo!
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    Research By:
  • PestPatrol's Pest Research Center
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    Last Revised:

    		 October 29, 2004