Spyware Challenge! You Got The Guts There, Nerd Master!?!? (free Prize Inside)

[joelb79]

activly awaiting seeing some new entries in this before midnight! cmon shock me. i still got more too.. coming soon, new screenshot and log, just havnt uploaded them yet to my website.

 

[sQUiRLy]

LMAO!!!!!! And I thought 600 was high!

I think I can find a laptop at work that needs a few hundred screen savers......I'm in.

How does this rank with viruses found

 

[raven]

I have to say that i give up..... i only have 1 hour and change left and i dont have the time to look for more spyware...lol google is no help

But anyways.. Good luck to all of you still in!!

 

[joelb79]

Logfile as always

References detected during the scan:
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180Solutions(TAC index:8):78 total references
2020Search(TAC index:4):34 total references
AdDestroyer(TAC index:5):13 total references
AdRoar(TAC index:6):2 total references
Alexa(TAC index:5):127 total references
BargainBuddy(TAC index:8):112 total references
BlazeFind(TAC index:5):25 total references
BlazingTools Perfect Keylogger(TAC index:5):16 total references
BonziBuddy(TAC index:7):226 total references
BookedSpace(TAC index:10):18 total references
Brasirc IRC Vulnerability(TAC index:7):1 total references
BroadCastPC(TAC index:7):47 total references
Claria(TAC index:7):240 total references
ClearSearch(TAC index:7):52 total references
ClickSpring(TAC index:6):28 total references
CometSystems(TAC index:7):426 total references
CoolWebSearch(TAC index:10):131 total references
CrackSpider(TAC index:4):25 total references
Dogpile Toolbar(TAC index:3):3 total references
DyFuCA(TAC index:3):81 total references
e2give(TAC index:7):32 total references
eUniverse(TAC index:10):41 total references
ExactSearchBar(TAC index:5):124 total references
EzuLa(TAC index:6):276 total references
Favoriteman(TAC index:8):23 total references
FlashenhancerBHO(TAC index:7):34 total references
FlashTrack(TAC index:7):22 total references
FreeScratchCards(TAC index:3):8 total references
Golden Eye(TAC index:5):3 total references
Hijacker.TopConverting(TAC index:5):8 total references
HungryHands BHO(TAC index:3):16 total references
IBIS Toolbar(TAC index:5):254 total references
ImIServer IEPlugin(TAC index:5):52 total references
IPInsight(TAC index:7):4 total references
iSearch Toolbar(TAC index:3):55 total references
istbar(TAC index:6):69 total references
iWon(TAC index:5):191 total references
Lycos Sidesearch(TAC index:7):33 total references
Marketscore(Netsetter)(TAC index:7):6 total references
MicroGaming(TAC index:4):1 total references
MRU List(TAC index:0):18 total references
MyDailyHoroscope(TAC index:5):38 total references
NavExcel(TAC index:5):32 total references
NetPal(TAC index:9):9 total references
Other(TAC index:5):9462 total references
PeopleOnPage(TAC index:9):35 total references
Possible Browser Hijack attempt(TAC index:3):112 total references
Powerscan(TAC index:5):12 total references
PromulGate(TAC index:5):9 total references
RBase01.ath(TAC index:8):2 total references
Roings(TAC index:5):19 total references
Scratch and Win(TAC index:6):30 total references
SecondThought(TAC index:4):12 total references
ShopNav Hijacker(TAC index:8):32 total references
SideFind(TAC index:5):51 total references
Softomate Toolbar(TAC index:9):46 total references
SpywareNuker(TAC index:5):15 total references
TIB Browser(TAC index:4):14 total references
TopMoxie(TAC index:3):30 total references
TopPicks(TAC index:6):98 total references
Tracking Cookie(TAC index:3):85 total references
Transponder(TAC index:10):4 total references
TVMedia(TAC index:5):6 total references
VirtualBouncer(TAC index:5):25 total references
VX2(TAC index:10):174 total references
WebHancer(TAC index:9):77 total references
WhenU(TAC index:10):158 total references
Win32.Adverts.TrojanDownloader(TAC index:6):6 total references
Win32.Kwbot.C(TAC index:8):16 total references
Win32.Netsky.C(TAC index:10):101462 total references
WinAD(TAC index:7):6 total references
Windows(TAC index:3):1 total references
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[mtb856]

daaaaaaaaaaaaaang that's a lot of spyware

 

[su root]

Well, it's past the deadline.. it's 12:37 EDT on Oct 1st... and to tell you the truth, I thought there would have been more entries in this contest. I was participating, but I moved, started a job, and am moving again, so I have no time to collect spyware. There are some impressive ones though.

We'll see what our judges have to say..

 

[ghettocomp]

joelb79 - Just how did you keep your system running with any speed and get that much?
I just crap out at about 16k, and I run 2.3 Ghz.

 

[gustav]

Most of it isn't actually "running". If you look, 101,000 of it is Netsky. Netsky just copies itself to different folders on your drive, program folders, system folders, whatever. It does spy on you and it accesses the internet, but its not a processes really, kinda hard to explain. It just takes up hard drive space, and it does slow your computer down, just not much (in my experience it wasn't really that bad).

 

[joelb79]

There was a ton of netsky, yes i know. one thing i did know was about the "shar" exploit. so what i did was choose an additional mounting point for C:\.. basicaly so netsky saw a shared directory and copied itself into it, but the share directory was really C:\ root. tricky, but it worked. the only problem being it caused a few system locks, so i took the mount point off after netsky was all over the place.

i still had over 9,900 real spyware on there, and it was impossible to keep booted properly. what i had to do every time i wasnted to boot was go into safe mode, use a program to uninstall the BHO's from IE's usability (they were still there actually, just not in the right part of registry to be BHO's), disable all start processes, and some services that the programs installed (.NET Framework.. hmm.. nope, didnt install that and its not microsoft). and then i could boot in and install more spyware. all in all when the spyware was running, it was constantly installing more stuff, and yes it brought my 2.3Ghz machine to its knee's. I almost lost a harddrive over it because they were working so hard on swapfile that it almost dumped on me halfway through.

But i managed, and lifeguard tools says A-oK so, im groovy.

basicaly, i spent more time keeping the system to default xp install that it was very hard to install more spyware. infact, in the end, active X was dead, and not working anymore.

VMware image is deleted, i look forward to seeing who the judges pick

 

[I.M.O.G.]

Impressive, I'll have to take a look, make a list, then review those one by one... Expect to hear back within a week. I thought there might be more, but nice job to those who participated!

 

[Mark620]

Who Won? I have been following but did not care to participate....

 

[I.M.O.G.]

Impressive, I'll have to take a look, make a list, then review those one by one... Expect to hear back within a week. I thought there might be more, but nice job to those who participated!

Joel looks like a likely candidate... But I will be taking the time to look at everything closer, this weekend maybe. Definetly will name some names within a week though.

 

[joelb79]

weeeeeee!

 

[joelb79]

did we ever get an offical word on this?

 

[I.M.O.G.]

I've looked at things... I'm waiting to get in contact with Joe before I announce anything.

Haven't forgetten about anyone.

 

[violineb]

Doesn't seem like I'm anywhere close but I just got back home from Iceland and discovered that somehow my family infected my rig with 1300+ spywares I swear it's my ISP

 

[I.M.O.G.]

Thats always nice to come home to.

Working on getting this done before November...

 

[I.M.O.G.]

Joe's getting an email from me tonight, might see something on this in the next week.

 

[gustav]

'bout time

 

[I.M.O.G.]

I'd say. If only leisure paid the bills...