Deadly Network Flood


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



Overview

Alias:

FDoS-DNF [McAfee], Flooder.DNF.10 [Panda], Flooder.Win32.DNF.10, Flooder.Win32.DNF.10 [Kaspersky], security risk or a "backdoor" program [F-Prot]

Category:

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

Similar Pests:

Flooder

Origins

Author:

Guti

Date of Origin:

May, 2003

Operation

Storage Required:

  • Deadly Network Flood: at least 9 KB
  • Detection and Removal

    Automatic Removal:

    PestPatrol detects this.

    PestPatrol removes this.



    Manual Removal:

    Follow these steps to remove Deadly Network Flood 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!
  • Research By:

  • PestPatrol's Pest Research Center
  • Last Revised:

    February 21, 2005