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Hi peeps:

In my quest for knowledge, I have come up with an interesting (at least I think so) way to learn more.
Instead of asking questions, I was wondering:
Could you guys ask ME questions?
Here's the thing: You guys ask me questions, and I try my best by googling and reading to answer that question. I learn. You don't have to answer anything. You can torment me with trick questions. We're both happy. :D
I just need to know one thing. Should I keep the answers to myself, or actually post or pm the answer?
I would be happy to see who can help me out.

For bored people like me this post is truly useful.
Ok here goes one basic knowledge question: what is the OSI thing?

Here are some more questions:
What is Social Engineering?
What is a packet sniffer?
What are DDOS attacks?
What is a node?
Wich is best: windows or *nix? This one is really hard lol
What are TCP and UDP?
Heck there are so many questions, if these are to easy, tell me.

Okay, here is a toughy.
I am running windows xp pro, recently I downloaded and installed a file from a friend, I think that this file might be a key logger. I was able to scan the original file on another computer, but it came up as 5 different virii/keyloggers, depending on the virus scanner used. The virus itself loads up with windows through a registry key entry. It runs as a system process with high priority, the program is msixsv.com and it logs to msfuux, but it changes its name in the task manager to iexplore.exe. If I delete the registry entry that starts msixsv.com, since iexplore.exe is still running, it monitors it's own retistry entry and automatically replaces it. If I close iexplore.exe through the taskmanager, it restarts itself very quickly. If I try to delete any of the files, they are reported as in use, both through windows, and at a command prompt. This file starts itself in safe mode as well, and has all of the same properties. Installing a virus engine on the box, and updating it to the most recent definitions, it detects no virus. Virus engines used were Trend Micro, McAfee, Norton, and AVG.

Question:
How can I get rid of this trojan/virus without formatting or reinstalling windows. Without adding another operating system, or booting to another. And without physically removing the hard disk drive and doing it on another computer.


* * Yes it is possible, I did this a week ago, if you want the source file I can send it to you. * *

MR.CD:\ > Message me if you have any more questions, and when/if you find an answer, the3ntropy at AOL, Yahoo; MSN(@hotmail.com).

To el-half:
Ok, I got some of the answers. I'm including them in a very diluded sort of way to save space and to prevent myself from getting carpal tunnel.
Here goes:
(Windows v.s. *nix)= Still being disputed. I am using windows for now but I'm going to try Red Hat soon.
(TCP and UDP) TCP = Transfer Control Protocol and UDP is User Datagram Protocol.
(Social Engineering)= A hacker (or just a person's) physical attempt to get the info he needs to get into a system. This can be anything from looking at someone's screen to dumpster diving for unshredded documents.
(packet sniffing) it involves snatching packets going through the ethernet, usually before they hit a router (is it? correct me if I'm wrong) or similar "device" and checking it out. Can sometimes be used to get passwords as they're being sent to wherever they're compared.

And, last (for now)...
OSI apears to be an abstract concept on networking. It divides several aspects of networks into 7 "layers", the 1st one being physical.

Like I said, these are REALLY simple answers. I know theres more to them, and I did read up on them, and, still am...

what are the different classes of IP address, and how are they assigned?
what are the 7 layers of a stack
what is demultiplexing
what are the 3 different types of ports
what is SLIP
what is PPP
what is MTU
how are subnet address assigned
what are special case address
what is ARP
what is a proxy ARP
what is a gratuitous ARP
what is RARP
in what part of the stack is ICMP implemented
what does the ICMP port unreachable error mean
what is the UDP checksum
what is IP fragmentaion
how can you determain the path MTU using traceroute
what is the FIN_WAIT_2 state
how can you detect half open connections
what is a object identifier
what is NFS
what is TTL and how can it be used to determain a remote O/S
what is XDR and whats its relation to XID
Does NFS support UDP and/or TCP and why
what are source and destination ports, and how are they assigned
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Those should keep you busy for awhile, and I would like to see a reply from you answering these questions, just for the simple fact that if you dont then we have no way of knowing if you are grasping the concept of these topics correctly ir not.Take it easy, have fun ;)

Thanks for those questions. I will get right on them.

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Have you ever done the (new) hackertest? You can find it here:
neworder.box.sk/newsread.php?newsid=7817
This test gives you enough questions I think :)

what is the meaning of life?
why ask why?
how much wood could a wood chuck chuck... ?

seriously, i have a couple questions i would love to know the answers to....

how are device drivers written, installed and integrated?
can someone create their own PCI card, write a driver for it, install it and use it on a windows pc?
on a linux pc? how about mac? can you make it work on all?

thanks and good luck.

There are The iLLuminati?

just yesterday a friend of mine asked me what does MTU stands for i replied "Max. transfer Unit"...he was quick to say " u r wrong. it stands for Max. Transmission Unit". in reply i asked him a good lot questions abt MTU

what is the importance of MTU?
who handles the packets b/w various n/ws of different MTUs(easy) and how??? (again easy)
what is the effect of differnt MTUs on the design of firewalls....can it be used for malicious purposes ..if yes how..if no why???

hope u will enjoy to answer these question but one thing just getting the expansions of short forms doesnt mean a lot ... just try to grab the internals and the working...

hoping something good from u

but one thing i must say The3ntropy is with the best question .. try to analyze the situtation...
he made me think for some time.. ;)

where do babies come from?

Mr. CD:\ here is my question for you.

You have two hard drives in a system, the master is running win98 and the slave is running linux on one partion and win2k on another.

One day you decide to format the slave and you do so without any problem. You create a FAT32 partion on the slave and you save some files on it and everything is working fine.

Later on, say a couple months down the line, the slave drive begins to give problems, so you decide to format it and you do so. However, after restarting the computer and logging back into windows you realize that all the files are still on the slave drive. You are extremely suprise and therefore go into DOS in an attempt to format the slave drive from there. You format the drive but when you are done you realize the files are still there.

How would you get rid of those files that just don't seem like they want to go away. I recently solve this problem with the help of a few guys on this forum. See if you can figure it out.

And am assuming you know the terminolgy mentioned in my question if you don't all the more to learn.

Guidance...

im here to say hi to all the good guys that i can even understand them is a different story the?is i have outpost and ive checked the attack/detection it tells me a port was scanned or some sort o9f connection requets are more frequent too, they are TCPorUDPports isnt this bad? i have the ip-address of the attackeri.. would like more info on Ping of death.& also DoS attacking but the web link in the fight back post Faqs werent connecting either so i would like someone to lead me in the right direction to books names or anything that connects or working web sites that i can copy from i wont hit a link sorry questions= i cant answer i can only ask.....1= how do i find out who the heck is spammin me?

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Mr. CD:\ here is my question for you.

You have two hard drives in a system, the master is running win98 and the slave is running linux on one partion and win2k on another.

One day you decide to format the slave and you do so without any problem. You create a FAT32 partion on the slave and you save some files on it and everything is working fine.

Later on, say a couple months down the line, the slave drive begins to give problems, so you decide to format it and you do so. However, after restarting the computer and logging back into windows you realize that all the files are still on the slave drive. You are extremely suprise and therefore go into DOS in an attempt to format the slave drive from there. You format the drive but when you are done you realize the files are still there.

How would you get rid of those files that just don't seem like they want to go away. I recently solve this problem with the help of a few guys on this forum. See if you can figure it out.

And am assuming you know the terminolgy mentioned in my question if you don't all the more to learn.

Guidance...

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Answer: Put it on top of a commercial magnet for a couple days :)

[glowpurple]Ok boys and fellow girlys, here's my question: Why is it that Longhorn is called Longhorn?[/glowpurple]

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where do babies come from?

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Ok boys and fellow girlys, here's my question: Why is it that Longhorn is called Longhorn?

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How in the world has this thread gotten so lame? :p

If you want ask questions, go to Ask Jeeves or something... gawrsh.

have a look at this http://www.tigertools.net/contest.htm TigerTools host hacking contets every month...and the questions will make everyone sit and think.....best of luck everyone to keep going...

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Originally posted here by MR.CD:\
Hi peeps:

In my quest for knowledge, I have come up with an interesting (at least I think so) way to learn more.
Instead of asking questions, I was wondering:
Could you guys ask ME questions?
Here's the thing: You guys ask me questions, and I try my best by googling and reading to answer that question. I learn. You don't have to answer anything. You can torment me with trick questions. We're both happy. :D
I just need to know one thing. Should I keep the answers to myself, or actually post or pm the answer?
I would be happy to see who can help me out.

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Define "The Universe"...


Give 3 examples please....

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Originally posted here by alittlebitnumb




How in the world has this thread gotten so lame? :p

If you want ask questions, go to Ask Jeeves or something... gawrsh.

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I believe the initial point of this particular thread was, infact, for other users to ask questions, and for the author of the thread to answer them for us. I wasn't being a smartarse when I asked about Longhorn, I genuinly wanted to know.

And hey, heres a tip: Get a sense of humour, where to babies come from is a good question, one that I can explain, if needed, and give a demonstration of the human recreation...

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Define "The Universe"...


Give 3 examples please....

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If I remember right, the classical definition of space was (from the DeSitter metric)

Ë > 1 : (closed model)
Ë = 1 : (flat model)
Ë < 0 (saddle-like/Open model)

where Ë is the Cosmological constant. I do not really remember how the equations were derived, but I will refresh my memory. However, I do not know if the above inequalities remain true with the space-time metric being more than 4 dimensions.

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And hey, heres a tip: Get a sense of humour

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It still does not make it any less lame. :)

Hi All,
So 'qwerty_smith', I'm giving answer of one of your question
what is the meaning of life?

Well, life is empty and meaningless.
But we human can't see anything without attaching a meaning to it.
It is our nature or design to attach a meaning to everything.
Therefore, whatever meaning we give to life it takes that meaning.
Some meanings are as: weak, strong, positive, negative, etc.
That's why we see these personalities in our lives.
But it's only meaning.
From inside everyone is same.
we can attach or detach any meaning to our life.

I didn't understand your other two questions.
Bye
Darknite

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Hi All,
So 'qwerty_smith', I'm giving answer of one of your question
what is the meaning of life?

Well, life is empty and meaningless.
But we human can't see anything without attaching a meaning to it.
It is our nature or design to attach a meaning to everything.
Therefore, whatever meaning we give to life it takes that meaning.
Some meanings are as: weak, strong, positive, negative, etc.
That's why we see these personalities in our lives.
But it's only meaning.
From inside everyone is same.
we can attach or detach any meaning to our life.

I didn't understand your other two questions.
Bye
Darknite

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-DaRK-RaiDeR-, is that you? :)

Just wondering

Jack

No I'm darknite.

Hi,
can anybody tell me pls.
how to change the status from offline to online.
Darknite

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No I'm darknite.

Hi,
can anybody tell me pls.
how to change the status from offline to online.
Darknite

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Okay ;)

Thanks

It's fine a littlebitnumb.
So how r u?
can u tell me how to change this status to online.
I want to change mine to online.
Regards
Darknite

i gotta question ya'll cant answer ....

Where's my dog ?? .... ;)

doesnt the status say Online ...when you are well "online" ....or better explained "when you are browsing AO .....

hey if you can please help me with AO I am a newbie. I was wondring if anyone can send me any infor. that I might need here at AO. And can u send me some questions also that I newbie should know. I mean don't give me any hard questions or anything just some easy questions that should keep me busy for a while....


Thanx ....... :)

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Answer: Put it on top of a commercial magnet for a couple days :)

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Am sorry cheyenne1212 I couldn't get me a commercial magnet in time to get this done.

Oh by the way, where do you get a commercial magnet at 3:00am without a form of transportation? :)

Ok blue first what is your registry?
What is Ping?
What is Ping used for?
What is Tracert?
What is it used for?

What came first the chicken or the egg?
Last but not least how do you use telnet or what is telnet? (Hint if you don't know what it is go to Start--> Run -----> type telnet

The others I will let you figure out.

Whizkid2300

I dont know, but this thread is starting to look like a forum. All different questions, with different replies. Maybe a better option would be to post every question in a new thread, IMHO. Putting everything in one post wont really work.

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What came first the chicken or the egg?
Whizkid2300

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i'm pretty sure it was the chicken FLAVOR. as you know, almost everything tastes like chicken.

Qwerty curiosity question what part of ohio are you from?

A final question might be.

If your on the moon and you drop 3 bowling balls from a 90 foot platform
1 weighing 20lbs
2 weighing 15lbs
3 weighing 10lbs
which one will hit first?

Here's one for U Cisco routers vs *nix routers which is better?
2) what are FS GS? ( and are they ever used?)