Re: Possible Malware?

[Kurt Buff <kurt.buff () gmail com>]

On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Joseph Hargis <jhargis01 () googlemail com> wrote:
> Hello List,
>
> I have a Windows 7 PC connected to a domain exhibiting the following
> behavior:
>
> 1. The user logged off the machine to go to lunch. When she returned she
> was unable to logon and the machine displayed an error stating that the
> machine had lost the trust relationship with the domain.
>
> 2. The local administrator account has been removed from the local
> administrators group.
>
> 3. When the network cable was unplugged, the keyboard and mouse quit
> functioning.
>
> Admittedly, I'm new to malware hunting. But to me, this behavior is
> suspicious. Does this ring any bells with anyone?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Joe Hargis

This specific behavior? No, but I'd wager real money the machine is compromised.

Time to pull the hard drive from the machine, get any data from it
worth saving, then format and reinstall.

If you're interested in malware hunting, pull the disk from the drive
and use any of a number of tools to scan the drive to see if you can
find the agent(s).

Kurt

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