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SlimRick
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PostPosted: 11:55 - 05 Aug 2010    Post subject: WTF was this? Reply with quote
Chap at work was sat typing an email - odd characters and letters started appearing on his screen as he was typing. He took his hands off the keyboard and the following appeared:

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It came up one letter at a time, as if it was being typed. Spelling mistakes got deleted then corrected, it was exactly as if someone else was typing this.
No strange processes running on his machine. Trend AV running and up to date, did a full system scan and came up with nothing. Ran Malwarebytes anti-malware and it's come up with nothing.

Any suggestions?
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PostPosted: 11:58 - 05 Aug 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Someone gained remote access to his station Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 12:15 - 05 Aug 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
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PostPosted: 12:17 - 05 Aug 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Paxovasa wrote:
Someone gained remote access to his station Thumbs Up


That was my first thought, but there were no visible processes running that would indicate that. It would also mean they would've got to it through our corporate firewall, and windows firewall on the laptop.
I've a feeling it's more likely to be some sort of malware on the machine itself as the people's names are familiar to the user and may have been text trawled from Outlook.
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PostPosted: 12:18 - 05 Aug 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
The Shaggy D.A. wrote:
https://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlLA/original/poltergeist.gif



Confirmed my suspicions - I'll let him know and escort him and his "associates" off-site.
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TQ
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PostPosted: 12:20 - 05 Aug 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
If it happens again pull the network connection.

If it keeps going you know it's on the machine itself.
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PostPosted: 12:22 - 05 Aug 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
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PostPosted: 12:23 - 05 Aug 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Someone in your IT department can use remote access, all they need is the computer number and through the network they can take control Thumbs Up
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SlimRick
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PostPosted: 12:23 - 05 Aug 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Paxovasa wrote:
Someone in your IT department can use remote access, all they need is the computer number and through the network they can take control Thumbs Up


I am the IT department Embarassed
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PostPosted: 12:26 - 05 Aug 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
In that case you are fucked Wink

I suggest you unplug everything and get the hell out of there Very Happy
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PostPosted: 12:33 - 05 Aug 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
SlimRick wrote:
I am the IT department Embarassed


In which case, check with the local council planning department to see if your workplace is built on top of:

a. An ancient indian burial ground.

b. A cemetery.

c. A mass grave.

d. Some or more of the above.
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PostPosted: 12:46 - 05 Aug 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
The Shaggy D.A. wrote:
https://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlLA/original/poltergeist.gif


That will now be his background wallpaper next time he reboots. Very Happy
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PostPosted: 00:45 - 06 Aug 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
"Have you tried switching it off and back on again"?
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PostPosted: 01:01 - 06 Aug 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi

Check the head bearings for any excessive play.

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PostPosted: 01:09 - 06 Aug 2010    Post subject: Re: WTF was this? Reply with quote
SlimRick wrote:
Any suggestions?

Their bank account is now empty. Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 08:49 - 06 Aug 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
If it’s a set virus that got in at some point then paste some if not all of that writing in google. If it is the same every time, it will come up with a page about it.
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PostPosted: 13:33 - 06 Aug 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
killa wrote:
If it’s a set virus that got in at some point then paste some if not all of that writing in google. If it is the same every time, it will come up with a page about it.


That was the first thing I tried.

Only thing that comes up is this thread!

Did you try what I suggested or has it not happened again?
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PostPosted: 14:23 - 06 Aug 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
SlimRick wrote:
Paxovasa wrote:
Someone in your IT department can use remote access, all they need is the computer number and through the network they can take control Thumbs Up


I am the IT department Embarassed


Have you turned it off then on again? Laughing
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PostPosted: 14:26 - 06 Aug 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've heard of this before, there is a chap who made a video about it and has a solution but it doesn't always work

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDHPCr5m4ko
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SlimRick
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PostPosted: 22:12 - 06 Aug 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
TQ wrote:


Did you try what I suggested or has it not happened again?


Pulled the network and it stopped right away. Not happened since, and the text seems completely random.
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PostPosted: 08:01 - 07 Aug 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
SlimRick wrote:
Paxovasa wrote:
Someone in your IT department can use remote access, all they need is the computer number and through the network they can take control Thumbs Up


I am the IT department Embarassed


Then you have someone in the building who thinks THEY should be the IT department, as they know more than you do Laughing
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PostPosted: 12:44 - 07 Aug 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
You have a vulnerability. Fix it.

If you can't fix it, you shouldn't be the IT guy.

If you don't run individual firewalls on the machine along with the corporate one and a web content filtering service, get them on there.

I assume access to the C drive is locked down and all that jazz.
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TQ
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PostPosted: 14:31 - 07 Aug 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Get Wireshark on the PC and monitor the network traffic while it's happening to determine which port is being used. Then run netstat -abnv to work out what process is listening on that port.
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