SMS Spoof

Overview

Vendor Description

From the doc: 'SMS spoof uses a dialup connection to an EMI/UCP compatible SMSC. Use this application with a modem connected to the Palm (e.g. an IR link to a GSM phone with a built in modem). It has been tested with Telenor's SMSC in Norway at 90002198, but should work with any SMSC supporting the EMI/UCP protocol as long as no authentication is required.'

Category

Spoofer: To spoof is to forge your identity. Attackers use spoofers to forge their IP address (IP spoofing). The most common use of spoofing today is smurf and fraggle attacks. These attacks use spoofed packets against amplifiers in order to overload the victim's connection. This is done by sending a single packet to a broadcast address with the victim as the source address. All the machines within the broadcast domain then respond back to the victim, overloading the victim's Internet connection. Since smurfing accounts for more than half the traffic on some backbones, ISPs are starting to take spoofing seriously and have started implementing measures within their routers that verify valid source addresses before passing the packets.

Origins

Author

Terje Sannum

Date of Origin

September, 2001

Detection and Removal

Manual Removal

Follow these steps to remove SMS Spoof 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:

SH.Over.C SLAMMagazine SMSDOSforSiemens3568i SMSManagerforSiemens SMSPager SMSSpoof SNMPSniff SNMPSniff0.8b SNMPSniff1.11 SPAMRelayer