CPU Hog NT DOS

Overview

Category

DoS: An exploit whose purpose is to deny somebody the use of the service: namely to crash or hang a program or the entire system. Examples of DoS attacks include flooding the victim with more traffic than can be handled; flooding a service (like IRC) with more events than it can handle bomb; crashing a TCP/IP stack by sending corrupt packets; crashing a service by interacting with it in an unexpected way; or hanging a system by causing it to go into an infinite loop. For example, the Ping of Death exploit crashed machines by sending illegally fragmented packets at a victim. A common word for DoS is ""nuke"", which was first popularized by the WinNuke program.

Origins

Date of Origin

January, 2003

Detection and Removal

Manual Removal

Follow these steps to remove CPU Hog NT DOS 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.

Remove Files:

Remove these files (if present) with Windows Explorer:

CISHack1.0 CLogger1.0 CMDBackDoor1.0 CMDGet1.0 CPCFW CPUHogNTDOS CPhreak CQMA CQTS26175 CQzjz102sgb