Biffit.c

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· Origins ·
· Operation ·
· Detection and Removal ·
· Research ·

Overview

Vendor Notes:

 A GUI for many exploits. Includes Beer, Biffit, Boink, Bonk, Dcd3c, Foqer, Gewse5, Ghost, Hanson, Hestra, Ice, ICQCrash, ICQFlood, ICQSpoof, IRCd Kill, Jolt, Land, mIRCKill, Mutilate, Nestea, Newtear, Octopus, OOB, Overdrop, Pepsi, Pong, Rape, ServUKill,.

Category:

DoS: An exploit whose purpose is to deny somebody the use of the service: namely to crash or hang a program or the entire system. Examples of DoS attacks include flooding the victim with more traffic than can be handled; flooding a service (like IRC) with more events than it can handle bomb; crashing a TCP/IP stack by sending corrupt packets; crashing a service by interacting with it in an unexpected way; or hanging a system by causing it to go into an infinite loop. For example, the Ping of Death exploit crashed machines by sending illegally fragmented packets at a victim. A common word for DoS is ""nuke"", which was first popularized by the WinNuke program.

Similar Pests:

 DoS

Origins

Author:

 Malicious Damage

Date of Origin:

 December, 1997

Operation

Storage Required:
  • Biffit.c: at least 5 KB
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    Detection and Removal

    Automatic Removal:

    PestPatrol detects this.

    PestPatrol removes this.

    Manual Removal:

    		 Follow these steps to remove Biffit.c 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.
    Remove Files:

    Remove these files (if present) with Windows Explorer:

    Research

    File Analyses:

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    Research By:
  • PestPatrol's Pest Research Center
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    Last Revised:

    		 June 27, 2004