Flooder.IRC.Chamel

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

Overview

Category:

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

Variants:
  • Flooder.IRC.Chamel.a
  • Flooder.IRC.Chamel.b
  • Flooder.IRC.Chamel.c
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    Similar Pests:

    		 Flooder

    Origins

    Date of Origin:

    		 Variants from February, 2004 to May, 2004

    Distribution

    Prevalence:
  • Flooder.IRC.Chamel.a: 0.1%
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    Clot Factor:
  • Flooder.IRC.Chamel.a: < 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.

    Operation

    Storage Required:
  • Flooder.IRC.Chamel.a: at least 157 KB
  • Flooder.IRC.Chamel.b: at least 129 KB
  • Flooder.IRC.Chamel.c: at least 129 KB
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    Detection and Removal

    Automatic Removal:

    PestPatrol detects this.

    PestPatrol removes this.

    Manual Removal:

    		 Follow these steps to remove Flooder.IRC.Chamel 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