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    Worm spoofs Google

    The P2Load.A worm redirects users to a fake Google website on an infected machine, delivering hacker-controlled search results to direct a user wherever the hacker pleases.
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    a good protection for this is to enable the read only config of HOSTS from spybot search & destroy.
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    Indeed. However, if you get to a machine that's already spywared up, you have to fix the hosts file before you can actually get to the spybot download page XD.
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    thats what USB keys with all the kit you need on it are for Steve
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    Nah I wonder around with a CD in my pocket aptly labelled "ZOMG Toolz!!11"... it's true.
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    lol "Steve's 1337 hax0r tooz!!"
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    I suspect the worm is also attempting to poson DNS entries. I am seeing a lot of traffic on the firewall logs on my home linux box. The probes are from a lot of different places which normaly means there is a virus out there.

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    Today's logs show arround 700 probes from 351 different IP addreses. Looks like this one will be with us for a while.
    Last edited by chrestomanci; 21-09-2005 at 02:39 PM. Reason: Update

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