[DM-MUG] Finder Issue (Trojan)

Tue Dec 1 15:43:08 CST 2009

Yeah, I gathered that. The airport express is what is causing the items to
show up on your network. Most likely, there is a "ghee whiz" feature that
you checked and forgot about. I don't use Airport Devices for anything other
than wireless gateways, so I probably missed the setting.

-- 
Jon Thompson
Evolve
www.dmevolve.com

On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Alan Maupin <alan.maupin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Also - at home I have an Airport Express connected to a DSL modem., but not
> at this location Internet is provided with Qwest Motorola 3347 DSL
> Modem/Wireless & Ethernet 4 port Router.
>
> On Dec 1, 2009, at 11:38 AM, Jon Thompson wrote:
>
> Your airport extreme has the ability to show dynamic bookmarks, which is
> what these are. I would look in there to see what settings related to
> bonjour you have turned on.
> --
> Jon Thompson
> Evolve
> www.dmevolve.com
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Alan Maupin <alan.maupin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I moved my Mac to a new location across town and connected to a completely
>> different wireless access point with the same Qwest DSL service (may be a
>> different point of presence).   There is nothing in the Share items now.  At
>> my home the Mac Air, MacBook and MacPro would display as they are all setup
>> for sharing, plus the random URLs.
>>
>>
>> On Nov 30, 2009, at 10:14 PM, AB wrote:
>>
>> It's a gremlin!. . .  Or maybe H1N1, bird, swine, west nile flu.
>> Seriously, it'd probably drive me nuts.
>>
>> Alan, Is there an off chance a third party thing in your System
>> Preferences panel is the culprit?
>> Does it appear in all the user accounts? Can you make a new user account,
>> and see if it appears?
>>
>> -A.
>>
>> --- On *Mon, 11/30/09, Jon Thompson <jthompson-lists at dmevolve.com>*wrote:
>>
>> From: Jon Thompson <jthompson-lists at dmevolve.com>
>> Subject: Re: [DM-MUG] Finder Issue (Trojan)
>> To: "Des Moines Mac Users Group" <dmmug at dmmug.org>
>> Date: Monday, November 30, 2009, 12:09 PM
>>
>> My gut instinct is that it is NOT a virus, however, I wanted to eliminate
>> that as a possibility, which Alan has done. This behavior is a normal
>> behavior of Wide Area Bonjour, which is regulated by your DNS server. I have
>> intentionally configured DNS servers to do this exact thing. However, I have
>> yet to figure out how exactly it is populating the dynamic bookmarks without
>> your prior knowledge, which is what I believe it is doing.
>>
>> --
>> Jon Thompson
>> Evolve
>> www.dmevolve.com
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 10:34 AM, AB <anastasia_prittee at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  My gut instinctively pegged it for a virus/trojan.... but I've never had
>> one on a Mac. I'd still send a report to the URLs popping up, because it's
>> bad for their reputation, assuming they are a legitimate business. If it's
>> the same URL popping up in the Shared Devices list in the Sidebar, there's
>> the FBI Internet Crimes website you can file a report at in full detail. I
>> did that after I got phishing emails from banks I don't even bank at.
>>
>> Can you use Time Machine to restore it to an earlier date?
>>
>>
>> --- On *Mon, 11/30/09, Alan Maupin <alan.maupin at gmail.com>* wrote:
>>
>> From: Alan Maupin <alan.maupin at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [DM-MUG] Finder Issue
>> To: "Des Moines Mac Users Group" <dmmug at dmmug.org>
>> Date: Monday, November 30, 2009, 9:23 AM
>>
>> Yes still there.
>>
>> On Nov 30, 2009, at 10:13 AM, Jon Thompson wrote:
>>
>> I wasn't concerned with the trojan being on your computer as so much as
>> the trojan modifying your DNS settings, which are tied with the mDNS that
>> you see in the Shared list.
>> Am I correct in you saying that the items are still there?
>> --
>> Jon Thompson
>> Evolve
>> www.dmevolve.com
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 10:02 AM, Alan Maupin <alan.maupin at gmail.com<http://mc/compose?to=alan.maupin@gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Jon here is a newer article that mentions the trojan spoke of in the
>> previous article you sent, with an updated look at Snow Leopards defense:
>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4139
>>
>> On Nov 30, 2009, at 8:51 AM, Jon Thompson wrote:
>>
>> Alan,
>>
>> Try running the commands in this article, as these types of things could
>> appear if you are using a DNS server that is not one given to you by your
>> ISP.
>>
>> http://www.macworld.com/article/60823/2007/10/trojanhorse.html
>>
>> I'm giving you this as a precaution, as well as to eliminate it as a
>> possibility.
>> --
>> Jon Thompson
>> Evolve
>> www.dmevolve.com
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 2:13 AM, Alan Maupin <alan.maupin at gmail.com<http://mc/compose?to=alan.maupin@gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> AB thank you very much for this information.  You are quite the internet
>>> sleuth!
>>>
>>>
>>> On Nov 29, 2009, at 7:21 PM, AB wrote:
>>>
>>>  When typing in wildfire.gigya.com I got a "directory not listed"
>> message, see screenshot.
>> I went to the gigya.com website. It is a social media and content
>> management internet based company with offices in CA, NY, and Israel.
>>
>> Perhaps they can investigate their own security on their servers since the
>> discussion thread mentioned it was a leak in the respective company's
>> network servers.
>>
>> here's the contact info for them.
>>
>> Whether you have a comment, a bug to report,
>> or a press or business inquiry, please use the following contact
>> information.
>> We will get back to you as soon as possible.
>>
>> Liza Hausman, Gigya
>> 650.353.4178 Office
>>
>> Mark Naples, WIT
>> 215.893.0581 Direct
>> 646.265.7372 Cell Customer Support and Product Feedback Inquiries:support at gigya-inc.com<http://mc/compose?to=support@gigya-inc.com> Sales
>> related inquiries: sales at gigya-inc.com<http://mc/compose?to=sales@gigya-inc.com> Partner
>> and Business Development Inquiries: bizdev at gigya-inc.com<http://mc/compose?to=bizdev@gigya-inc.com>Questions
>> Relating to Terms of Use and/or our Privacy Policy: privacy at gigya-inc.com<http://mc/compose?to=privacy@gigya-inc.com> Our
>> offices Palo Alto Office (Corporate Headquarters) 855 El Camino Real
>> Building 4, Suite 290
>> Palo Alto, CA 94301
>> 650.353.7230 New York Office. 817 Broadway, 10th Floor
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>> 646.722.8137
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>>
>> --- On *Sun, 11/29/09, Victoria L. Herring <vlh at herringlaw.com<http://mc/compose?to=vlh@herringlaw.com>
>> >* wrote:
>>
>> From: Victoria L. Herring <vlh at herringlaw.com<http://mc/compose?to=vlh@herringlaw.com>
>> >
>> Subject: Re: [DM-MUG] Finder Issue
>> To: "Des Moines Mac Users Group" <dmmug at dmmug.org<http://mc/compose?to=dmmug@dmmug.org>
>> >
>> Cc: alan.maupin at gmail.com <http://mc/compose?to=alan.maupin@gmail.com>
>> Date: Sunday, November 29, 2009, 5:57 PM
>>
>> you can go to Apple.com and set up a phone support call and explain the
>> whole problem in the message so the person you speak to has an idea of the
>> reason for the support call.  Seems easier than going out to the Apple Store
>> - maybe a first step.
>> I certainly don't know but if you are having things show up in the finder
>> window you might go to the Prefs for Finder and check on what is listed as
>> contents on sidebar =- I don't know what Neighborhood would be other than
>> perhaps you have Bluetooth or Bonjour enabled???  And they/it are picking up
>> signals??
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Alan Maupin <alan.maupin at gmail.com>wrote:
>> The problem is located in Finder application, on the Shared menu, under
>> the submenu All:   random named URL's are showing up and are listed as
>> Neighborhood.
>>
>> The most recent URL to show up is "wildfire.gigya.com"
>>
>> It does not go away with a reboot.
>>
>> Does anyone know what causes this issue?  Is it a security issue?
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Alan
>>
>> <Screen shot 2009-11-29 at 6.11.32 PM.png>
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