ShokDial

Overview

Summary

Linux war dialer.

Category

War Dialer: (demon-dialing, carrier-scanning) War-dialing was popularized in the 1983 movie War Games. It is the process of dialing all the numbers in a range in order to find any machine that answers. Many corporations have desktop computers with attached modems; attackers can dial in order to break into the desktop, and thereafter the corporation. Similarly, many companies have servers with attached modems that aren't considered as part of the general security scheme. Since most security emphasis these days is on Internet-related attacks, war-dialing represents the ""soft underbelly"" of the security infrastructure that can be exploited.

Variants

Shokdial 4.1 ·

Origins

Date of Origin

August, 1999

Detection and Removal

Manual Removal

Follow these steps to remove ShokDial 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:

ShadowJPEG ShadowJPEG1.0 Shakedown Shareaza ShockMailer1.0 ShokDial Shokdial4.1 Shooter3 ShootingmenuApplet ShopAtHomeSelect