Hacked, Trojan, violated... but which is it?
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From: msnews on 9 Aug 2010 08:00 I have 4 xp machines, one i use as a server with 4 external usb hardrives attached. I was sitting in front of the server when my mouse began to move on its own, hover over the date in the task bar, opening up my Gom music player, hovering over the pause button on my nero back up program, skipping all over the place, I heard myself saying, don't you dare. The children were watching and getting scared. I disconnected the mouse but it continued. I disabled the network adapter on the server, it continued. I launched notepad, and basically had a conversation with it. It was typing, I disconnected the keyboard, it carried on typing, I freaked out! What was it?
From: Tigger on 9 Aug 2010 08:37 msnews writted thus: > I have 4 xp machines, one i use as a server with 4 external usb > hardrives attached. I was sitting in front of the server when my mouse > began to move on its own, hover over the date in the task bar, opening > up my Gom music player, hovering over the pause button on my nero back > up program, skipping all over the place, I heard myself saying, don't > you dare. The children were watching and getting scared. I > disconnected the mouse but it continued. I disabled the network adapter > on the server, it continued. I launched notepad, and basically had a > conversation with it. It was typing, I disconnected the keyboard, it > carried on typing, I freaked out! What was it? It could be "backdoor.nepoe" A backdoor trojan that allows malicious users to gain remote access to the affected computer. It spreads across the Internet. Panda AV can remove it I seem to recall.
From: Michael on 9 Aug 2010 09:02 "msnews" <notinterestedgoaway(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:#gWI9p7NLHA.1796(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > I have 4 xp machines, one i use as a server with 4 external usb hardrives > attached. I was sitting in front of the server when my mouse began to move > on its own, hover over the date in the task bar, opening up my Gom music > player, hovering over the pause button on my nero back up program, > skipping all over the place, I heard myself saying, don't you dare. The > children were watching and getting scared. I disconnected the mouse but > it continued. I disabled the network adapter on the server, it continued. > I launched notepad, and basically had a conversation with it. It was > typing, I disconnected the keyboard, it carried on typing, I freaked out! > What was it? > Are you running any AV? Try running the free versions of these: http://www.malwarebytes.org/ & http://superantispyware.com/ If you're running a valid copy of Windows you may want to change your AV to MSE, especially if you're running Norton or Crapafee! http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/ -- "Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."
From: msnews on 9 Aug 2010 10:16 Hi all Thanks for feedback. I have run avast av, which did discover a malware in the rootkit sytem of the server, but it was not called backdoor.nepoe. Can a malicious program operate keyboard and mouse with no internet and no keyboard or mouse connected? The interaction was too familiar feeling for it to be a trojan bot even if it did scan my ex hds for info, and was able to answer questions. Some questions we were saying, were answered before I even typed them, creating the suspicion that we had a mic was on in the house or that we were being bugged! It seemed more like a hack really but how is this possible with know enabled network connection or attached devices? "msnews" <notinterestedgoaway(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:%23gWI9p7NLHA.1796(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >I have 4 xp machines, one i use as a server with 4 external usb hardrives >attached. I was sitting in front of the server when my mouse began to move >on its own, hover over the date in the task bar, opening up my Gom music >player, hovering over the pause button on my nero back up program, skipping >all over the place, I heard myself saying, don't you dare. The children >were watching and getting scared. I disconnected the mouse but it >continued. I disabled the network adapter on the server, it continued. I >launched notepad, and basically had a conversation with it. It was typing, >I disconnected the keyboard, it carried on typing, I freaked out! What was >it? >
From: Peter Taylor on 9 Aug 2010 12:59
On 8/9/2010 4:16 PM, msnews wrote: > Hi all Thanks for feedback. I have run avast av, which did discover a > malware in the rootkit sytem of the server, but it was not called > backdoor.nepoe. Can a malicious program operate keyboard and mouse with no > internet and no keyboard or mouse connected? The interaction was too > familiar feeling for it to be a trojan bot even if it did scan my ex hds for > info, and was able to answer questions. Some questions we were saying, were > answered before I even typed them, creating the suspicion that we had a mic > was on in the house or that we were being bugged! It seemed more like a hack > really but how is this possible with know enabled network connection or > attached devices? Is the server still connected to the other computers? -- Peter Taylor |