Final Fortune 2.4

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

Overview

Alias:

 DoS.ICMP.Fortune.24 [Kaspersky], DoS/ICMP.Fortune.24 [Panda], FDoS-Fortune [McAfee], security risk or a "backdoor" program [F-Prot], Win32/ICMP.Fortune.24.DoS!Trojan [Computer Associates]

Category:

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

Similar Pests:

 Flooder

Origins

Author:

 St0rmer

Date of Origin:

 August, 1998

Distribution

Prevalence:
  • Final Fortune 2.4: 0.1%
    • More Info

    Clot Factor:
  • Final Fortune 2.4: < 1

    • The "Clot Factor" is a measure of how much a pest "gums up" a machine by adding registry entries, files, and directories. As more objects are placed in a machine, manual removal becomes more difficult and more error-prone.

    Countries Affected:

    		 In the past three months, we have received reports of Final Fortune 2.4 in Argentina.

    Operation

    Storage Required:
  • Final Fortune 2.4: at least 49 KB
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    Detection and Removal

    Automatic Removal:

    PestPatrol detects this.

    PestPatrol removes this.

    Manual Removal:

    		 Follow these steps to remove Final Fortune 2.4 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:

    		 April 03, 2005