Unauthorized Introduction of Kerberos into A Private Personal Computer

[Ken Raeburn]

On Jun 1, 2007, at 9:57, Linda Grady wrote:
> My home computer has been infected with Kerberos software by an  
> outsider
> or group of outsiders.  I am a single user pc, not networked to any
> other computers, and I do not wish to be networked to any other
> computers.  The software, since being forcibly introduced via my usual
> internet connection (I assume) has "audit" features which attempt to
> control the entire machine.  If you try to delete any of the Kerberos
> material, it causes an automatic crash of the computer.

Many operating systems, including Windows and Mac OS X, are shipping  
with Kerberos integrated into the operating system these days.  So,  
yes, deleting part of the operating system is likely to cause you  
problems.  Many operating systems also have auditing capabilities,  
though that's not really part of Kerberos proper.

Why do you think your machine was "infected" with Kerberos software?

If your machine was infected with some software that's taking control  
of the machine from you, I don't think it's related to the Kerberos  
software that gets discussed on this list.  You might want to try  
installing some kind of anti-virus software, or re-installing.

Ken