Flooder.MailSpam.Delf

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· Origins ·
· 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.

Mail Bomber: Software that will flood a victim's inbox with hundreds or thousands of pieces of mail. Such mail generally does not correctly reveal its source.

Variants:
  • Flooder.MailSpam.Delf.g
  • Flooder.MailSpam.Delf.o
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    Similar Pests:

    		 Flooder · Mail Bomber

    Origins

    Author:

    		 ElGranOscarín

    Date of Origin:

    		 Variants from January, 2004 to July, 2004

    Operation

    Storage Required:
  • Flooder.MailSpam.Delf.g: at least 501 KB
  • Flooder.MailSpam.Delf.o: at least 233 KB
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    Detection and Removal

    Automatic Removal:

    PestPatrol detects this.

    PestPatrol removes this.

    Manual Removal:

    		 Follow these steps to remove Flooder.MailSpam.Delf 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:

    		 July 28, 2004