Re: Detecting Zombies?

DanB wrote:

I am the only person who uses Linux on the desktop at my place of work.
Naturally, everyone else has XP except for a couple with new machines and
Vista. At any given time half of them are running like they were 286's
from all the malware that they are infested with. So they reload the OS,
over and over.

What are they doing with their machines? If they do anything work related,
it won't be reliable, and the competitors may even get their reports before
the boss has read them.

I have long since stopped working on problem windows machines for clueless
users and have given up on trying to convince anyone that there is a far
better platform to surf from. If someone has a genuine interest in Linux
I will gladly help, but they must make the first move.

Surfing infected sites is not the main goal of computer usage at work. Well,
sh*t may happen anytime, but it looks like productivity has already gone
downhill and the shop will soon be a thing of the past.
You may happily use your linux computer to look for alternative jobs.

So, back to the virus/trojan/zombie problem. How does a person, who is
not a career network administrator, determine if their XP is zombied?

They don't at work. Actually, they don't run their boxen as admin, and they
only surf over a proxy (with the usual squidguard or privoxy). And, they do
not waste time reinstalling "their" computers.

.....
With Windows what would you use? Bear in mind that there is no network
admin here. (Not me! - not my work assignment - besides, I am temporary
anyhow). Probably, there is no answer for non-techies.

Be glad you are temporary. Netstat works on windows boxen as well, but once
a machine is a rootkitten, it may lie to you.

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