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Aug 6 2008   2:47 PM GMT
Littlejuanito7   200 pts.

How to find and remove bots from your network


Symantec, TrendMicro, Bots, Spam, malware

We have noticed several users receiving undeliverable messages in their Inbox. Unfortunately, they did not send out these emails and considering that they are receiving quite a bit of these messages, it has led me to the conclusion we have been hit and infected with a bot. We are running Exchange 03 and PCs with XP SP2/SP3. Our Symantec and Trend Micro were not able to find and remove. Anyone have a method they have tried successfully to find and remove a bot from a network. Thanks in advance for the help.

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Last Answered: Aug 6 2008  3:28 PM GMT  by Labnuke99   21120 pts.




I do not suspect a bot. Instead I suspect that these users are receiving messages due to backscatter. Take a look at this similar question by another member.

Question 1

See this detailed information about backscatter.

Another source would be the Wikipedia article.

You don't really need to spend a lot of time looking for a bot issue as this is a "feature" of how SMTP e-mail works.
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