Class
DoS
Platform
Perl

Parent class: Malware

Malicious tools are malicious programs designed to automatically create viruses, worms, or Trojans, conduct DoS attacks on remote servers, hack other computers, etc. Unlike viruses, worms, and Trojans, malware in this subclass does not present a direct threat to the computer it runs on, and the program’s malicious payload is only delivered on the direct order of the user.

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Class: DoS

DoS programs are designed to conduct DoS (Denial of Service) attacks on a victim computer. Essentially, these attacks send numerous requests to a remote computer, and if the computer does not have enough resources to process all the incoming requests, the result will be a denial of service.

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Platform: Perl

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Description

Technical Details

This malicious program is designed to conduct Denial of Service attacks on a remote server. The program itself is a malicious script written in Perl. It is 928 bytes in size.

Payload

The program exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability when processing a malformed request by a TUX web server in order to conduct a DoS attack on the remote machine. The remote malicious user is required to provide the parameters of the server to be attacked on program launch.

This malicious program may cause the server under attack to suffer reduced performance in supporting network connections.

Removal instructions

If your computer does not have an up-to-date antivirus, or does not have an antivirus solution at all, follow the instructions below to delete the malicious program:

  1. Delete the original malicious program file (the location will depend on how the program originally penetrated the victim machine).
  2. Update your antivirus databases and perform a full scan of the computer (download a trial version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus).

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