Unauthorized Introduction of Kerberos into A Private Personal Computer

[Jeff Saxton]

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Some viruses look like Kerberos to the anti-virus software, search the list archives

Ken Raeburn wrote:
> 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
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