Code Red Scanner

Overview

Vendor Description

Domscan heavily modified to find root.exe on any number of hosts.

Category

Port Scanner: In hacker reconnaissance, a port scan attempts to connect to all 65536 ports on a machine in order to see if anybody is listening on those ports. Ports scans are not illegal in many places, in part because they don't actually compromise the system, in part because they can easily be spoofed, so it is hard to prove guilt, and in part because virtually any machine on the Internet can be induced to scan another machine. Many people think that port scanning is an overt hostile act and should be made illegal. An attacker will often sweep thousands (or millions) of machines rather than a single machine looking for any system that might be vulnerable. Port scans are always automated through tools called Port Scanners.

Origins

Author

Idawson

Date of Origin

August, 2001

Detection and Removal

Manual Removal

Follow these steps to remove Code Red Scanner 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:

CodeCrypt0.15b CodeFusionWizard3.0 CodeInjectionDownloader1.00 CodeMixer CodeProg1.01 CodeRedScanner CodeThief CodeThief2.2 CodeThiefDeluxe3.5 CodenameAlvin