RE: Weird dll files on boot

2011-08-16 Thread Ziots, Edward
I am thinking you are on the right path with the malware, I would check your scheduled tasks see if anything snuck in there and the run keys in the registry accordingly. If you can boot to alternative media and look at that systems with a Live Cd and see if the DLL's are there and get a copy,

Re: Weird dll files on boot

2011-08-16 Thread Erik Goldoff
have you already checked your AV quarantine for the presence of these DLLs, or at least the detection/risk log to see if *that* is why they're gone before you can get to them ? On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 6:41 AM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: I've just got back from my holidays so I'm

Re: Weird dll files on boot

2011-08-16 Thread James Rankin
Yes, but I don't have much faith in the AV software of choice (Trend). According to it, everything is hunky-dory. MalwareBytes didn't detect anything on a full scan either. I'm pulling up some Process Monitor logs now to see if there are any needles in that haystack. On 16 August 2011 13:09, Erik

Re: Weird dll files on boot

2011-08-16 Thread Erik Goldoff
to be clear, I don't mean run a scan now, but to check the logs and quarantines for activity from On Access/AutoProtect type protection that could have happened when no one was monitoring the server. On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 8:18 AM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: Yes, but I don't

Re: Weird dll files on boot

2011-08-16 Thread James Rankin
Yeah, that's what I've checked in the Trend AV server web console. There isn't a single entry of note for the entire last week, which is the timeframe I've noticed this appearing in. Sorry if I wasn't clear about that. On 16 August 2011 13:23, Erik Goldoff egold...@gmail.com wrote: to be

Re: Weird dll files on boot

2011-08-16 Thread Crawford, Scott
sounds rootkit-ish. MS has a boot cd to run Security Essentials. Sent from my Palm Pre on the Now Network from Sprint On Aug 16, 2011 7:19 AM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: Yes, but I don't have much faith in the AV software of choice (Trend).

Re: Weird dll files on boot

2011-08-16 Thread James Rankin
Well, more weirdness. On a whim, I deleted all of the files out of the %windir%\serviceprofiles\LocalSystem\AppData directory - not that any looked out of the ordinary - and now when I restart the server, the message I was getting has stopped happening. I couldn't find any reference to the

Re: Weird dll files on boot

2011-08-16 Thread Erik Goldoff
you should check all your Load Points ... registry run keys, startup group, autoexec.bat, task scheduler, etc... On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 10:26 AM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.comwrote: Well, more weirdness. On a whim, I deleted all of the files out of the

Re: Weird dll files on boot

2011-08-16 Thread James Rankin
I've had a good comb through everything I could find via *autoruns*. Nothing jumps out at me. Although these modern process-injection malware variants are very good at hiding themselves, this I know from painful experience. I'm tempted to take the nuke it from orbit option, if only to satisfy my

RE: Weird dll files on boot

2011-08-16 Thread Ziots, Edward
...@lifespan.org Cell:401-639-3505 From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 10:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Weird dll files on boot you should check all your Load Points ... registry run keys, startup group, autoexec.bat, task scheduler, etc

Re: Weird dll files on boot

2011-08-16 Thread Jon Harris
Email:ezi...@lifespan.org Cell:401-639-3505 [image: CISSP_logo] ** ** *From:* Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, August 16, 2011 10:51 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Weird dll files on boot ** ** you should check all your