AIM Spammer 2.0.0

Overview

Vendor Description

From the doc: 'This is a spammer I coded to spam chatrooms on AOL Instant Messenger. It was tested on AIM 4.0+. I doubt it will work with AOL, only AIM. Don't be lame with this, spamming chatrooms with your website url is gay. I wrote this spammer to be used in conjunction with my Bloodhound 2.0.0 program (mass IP sniffer). If you use it like I intended, Bloodhound will sniff a very large amount of IP addresses and you will have a lot of success with it.'

Alias

Flooder Program [Panda], Flooder.Chat.AIM [Kaspersky], Win32/Flooder.Chat.AIM trojan [Eset],

Category

Flooder: A program that overloads a connection by any mechanism, such as fast pinging, causing a DoS attack.

Trojan: Any program with a hidden intent. Trojans are one of the leading causes of breaking into machines. If you pull down a program from a chat room, new group, or even from unsolicited e-mail, then the program is likely trojaned with some subversive purpose. The word Trojan can be used as a verb: To trojan a program is to add subversive functionality to an existing program. For example, a trojaned login program might be programmed to accept a certain password for any user's account that the hacker can use to log back into the system at any time. Rootkits often contain a suite of such trojaned programs.

Origins

Author

MF4

Others By This Author

A3I · Ass Sniffer · Ass Sniffer 1.01 · Elf 1.0 · Fearless Outlook Exploit Generator 1.00 · MF4 Port Scanner 1.0.0 · NetZero 3.0 ·

Date of Origin

August, 2001

Detection and Removal

Manual Removal

Follow these steps to remove AIM Spammer 2.0.0 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:

AIMRecover2.0 AIMRobber AIMRobber2.0 AIMRobber3.0 AIMSnitch1.0 AIMSpammer2.0.0 AIMSpy AIMSpy AIMSpy1.0 AIMSpy3.0