Flooder.MailSpam.Delf.d


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



Overview

Alias:

Spammer/Ebomb.A [Panda]

See Also:

Flooder.MailSpam.Delf

Category:

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

SPAM Tool: Any software designed to extract email addresses from web sites and other sources, remove ""dangerous"" or ""illegal"" addresses, and/or efficiently send unsolicited (and perhaps untraceable) mail to these addresses.

Similar Pests:

Flooder · SPAM Tool

Origins

EMail:

xxx@163.net yyy@sina.com

URL:

HTTP://Stgzs.126.com http://go8.163.com/~ststst http://stgzs.myetang.com

Date of Origin:

May, 2003

Distribution

Prevalence:

  • Flooder.MailSpam.Delf.d: 0.1%
  • More Info

    Clot Factor:

  • Flooder.MailSpam.Delf.d: < 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 Flooder.MailSpam.Delf.d in United States.

    Operation

    Storage Required:

  • Flooder.MailSpam.Delf.d: at least 217 KB
  • Detection and Removal

    Automatic Removal:

    PestPatrol detects this.

    PestPatrol removes this.



    Manual Removal:

    Follow these steps to remove Flooder.MailSpam.Delf.d 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:

    April 03, 2005