Rogue Admin Accounts... I Think I've Been Hijacked.

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Rogue Admin Accounts... I Think I've Been Hijacked.

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Byron Sommardahl View Member Profile	Sep 19 2008, 11:04 AM Post #1
New Member Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 19-September 08 Member No.: 239,912	One of my clients complained about slow network operation. I checked the server and discovered the inetinfo.exe process was pegging the CPU. I stopped the SMTP service and the CPU got a breather. Two full system scans failed to turn up any viruses. I checked to make sure our SMTP server wasn't offering an open relay... the answer was no. Every time I turned on the SMTP service, the CPU started getting pegged again (close to 100% usage). I checked ADU&C and found several administrator accounts that I had never seen before. Usernames were things like admin$, madmin$, and radmin$. I disabled those accounts and changed the administrator password. All seemed to be well. I came back a week later and the administrator password seems to have been changed by someone other than me. End-users swear up and down that they didn't do it. I'm feeling like there is a back-door account hidden somewhere, but it's hard to determine where since it feels like I've locked everything down. I'm including my hijackthis.log so that you geniouses out there can (first and foremost) ridicule me AND THEN (obviously of secondary importance) help me find the source of my system's weakness. Looking forward to both stages of the process. :) - Byron Sommardahl Attached File(s) hijackthis.log ( 5.48k ) Number of downloads: 9

garmanma View Member Profile	Sep 19 2008, 02:50 PM Post #2
Computer Masochist Group: Moderator Posts: 8,472 Joined: 27-January 07 From: Cleveland, Ohio Member No.: 108,618	I have moved your Topic that includes a HijackThis log here to the Misplaced HJT Logs forum. You posted your log in a forum not intended for HijackThis logs analysis and probably missed the directions we provide to those who require assistance. We can only allow topics with such logs in the HijackThis Logs and Malware Removal forum. This restriction is to ensure you get the best help available, from those who specialize in malware anlaysis and removal. It also should prevent you from receiving ineffective or even potentially dangerous advice, whether well meaning or not. Prior to posting a HJT log, we ask that you please read and follow all instructions in the pinned topic titled Preparation Guide For Use Before Posting A Hijackthis Log. Following the steps in this Guide will allow the HJT Team to quickly help you with specific fixes for what may remain on your system. Please complete all the steps in the Guide. If you have performed some of them already, then just continue with the next. If you can't perform a step, then skip it and continue with the next. The last step will include downloading and using the most current version of HijackThis if the first line of your log does not appear as follows: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Please note that it is important that HijackThis be run and a log created while in normal mode. If you run it and create your log while in safe mode, you will be asked to redo it again properly. When you have completed those steps, start a new topic in the HijackThis Logs and Malware Removal forum as directed in the Guide to post a new log. Please DO NOT post any more logs to this topic, or post a log again in the wrong forum. This Misplaced HJT Logs forum is strictly a holding area where the BC Staff can assist you with preparations for and to properly post your log. If you have a question or encounter a problem in the Prep Guide, please do post back to this topic; that is what it is here for. When your new HJT log is posted in the proper forum, please reply to this topic with a link to your new topic. Once that is done, a Member of the HJT Team will analyze your log and assist you with step by step instructions to clean your computer or otherwise advise what needs to be done. Thanks for your cooperation and good luck. The BC Staff -------------------- Mark why won't my laptop work? Having grandkids is God's way of giving you a 2nd chance because you were too busy working your butt off the 1st time around Avatar by Handplane

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