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Worm forcing reboots. shrike@cyberspace.org 03-21-2008
Posted by shrike@cyberspace.org on March 21, 2008, 11:51 am
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Howdy,

I happened to notice several Win32 boxen, spontaneously have problems
with the shift key. When rebooted all installed automatic updates and
the problem went away. Basically the shift key functioned in reverse
making typing irritating.

It occurred to me that this would be an effective way to force a
reboot and subsequent installation of a root kit without drawing a lot
of attention.

Anybody else experience this? Does this fit the profile you know of?

-Praying for bitfrost.
-Matt

Posted by Unruh on March 21, 2008, 12:58 pm
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>Howdy,

>I happened to notice several Win32 boxen, spontaneously have problems
>with the shift key. When rebooted all installed automatic updates and
>the problem went away. Basically the shift key functioned in reverse
>making typing irritating.

Somebody hit the caps lock key. Hit it again and the typing will be back to
normal.
No reboot needed.


>It occurred to me that this would be an effective way to force a
>reboot and subsequent installation of a root kit without drawing a lot
>of attention.

>Anybody else experience this? Does this fit the profile you know of?


Posted by Sebastian G. on March 21, 2008, 2:38 pm
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Unruh wrote:

>
>> Howdy,
>
>> I happened to notice several Win32 boxen, spontaneously have problems
>> with the shift key. When rebooted all installed automatic updates and
>> the problem went away. Basically the shift key functioned in reverse
>> making typing irritating.
>
> Somebody hit the caps lock key. Hit it again and the typing will be back to
> normal.
> No reboot needed.


Actually any sane person will reconfigure the keyboard controls such that
the shift key resets the caps lock as well, like in good old times.

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