The ZeroAccess Botnet Visualized on Google Earth
F-Secure has posted an impressive map of the ZeroAccess botnet as it spreads across North America and Europe.
According to the security firm, ZeroAccess has infected millions of computers globally and the KML files for Google earth currently show only 139,447 bot locations in the two provided screenshots. F-Secure is providing the KML as well as CSV files for download.
ZeroAccess is a fast spreading botnet that is based on a kernel-mode rootkit that runs on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows systems and acts as a delivery platform for other malware. The main infection technique is to tricking users on social platforms into running an executable file, often under the promise of free software. Sophos published a detailed description of ZeroAccess and the way it works.


You know what they say, only the bad ones get caught.
And I still remember when some one was convinced to delete his system32 folder to increase his FPS in Counter-Strike....
Are people getting smarter or dumber? I wonder sometimes...
First thing that came to my mind was google chrome.
You know what they say, only the bad ones get caught.
And I still remember when some one was convinced to delete his system32 folder to increase his FPS in Counter-Strike....
Are people getting smarter or dumber? I wonder sometimes...
One of my friends compressed his boot folder, or deleted it.
His computer didn't boot again...
(If people had as much trouble with books as computers back in the medieval era): http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pQHX-SjgQvQ
There's always an equilibrium of stupidity, from Harvard professors to CEOs to average joes.
The "Bleeping Computer" are one of the best places to go for that. Getting rid of malware is rarely easy.
if its based on a root kit than there is basicly no way for the average computer user to figure it out.
granted, using an up to date linux cd boot made specifically for the purposes of diagnostics may be able to figure this crap out, i dont remember its name but i know there was one a while ago that i had on a cd as an in case.
There are several Linux boot disks that can do that.
So, you provide a link to a pdf which is an executable file. How do I know you didn't just get conned into spreading the infection. I now have to google it.
Thank you for the article, but please go the extra step when it comes to security articles and the resources you refer. At least, personally vet them and indicate as such. That way your name is on the line if you didn't vet.
Weird, I thought we were more stupid in California lol.
WF with NS and ABer stopped it cold in its tracks.
I knew that what I was doing was a no no, but I was curious to see what was going on and if I was protected or not.
There's probably more than twice as many people in the central and eastern areas of the USA than in the western ares f the USA. I'd think that this has a significant impact on the eastern coast's greater amount of infections.
If you compared the infection map with a population density map, they would look similar...