Flooder.MailSpam.VB

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

Overview

See Also:

 Flooder.MailSpam

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.VB.k
  • Flooder.MailSpam.VB.t
  • Flooder.MailSpam.VB.x
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    Similar Pests:

    		 Flooder · Mail Bomber

    Origins

    By This Author:

    		 AdServer · Backdoor.VB · Constructor.Win32 · Constructor.Win32.VB · Flooder.MailSpam · Flooder.MailSpam.VB.f · Flooder.MailSpam.VB.w · Force FTP beta 0.1 · Gates of Hell · Gates of Hell 1.2 · Gates of Hell 1.4 · Gates of Hell 1.8 · Gates of Hell 2.1 · Hotmail Spammer · Hotmail Spammer GEN 3 · Hotmail Spammer GEN 4 · Hotmail Spammer Gold 2.5 · IP Rape 1.0 · IP Sniffer 2.0 · Skun 0.11 · Trojan.PSW.MSN.ImageThief · TrojanDropper.Win32.VB · XZip 6000068 Trojan

    Group:

    		 Digital Dreams, DOOMSOFT, Softlad.Inc

    By This Group:

    		 AOL Boss ·

    Date of Origin:

    		 Variants from August, 2002 to July, 2004

    Distribution

    Prevalence:
  • Flooder.MailSpam.VB.k: 0.2%
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    Clot Factor:
  • Flooder.MailSpam.VB.k: 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.VB in Canada, Poland.

    Operation

    Storage Required:
  • Flooder.MailSpam.VB.k: at least 557 KB
  • Flooder.MailSpam.VB.t: at least 37 KB
  • Flooder.MailSpam.VB.x: at least 53 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.VB 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