[DM-MUG] Finder Issue (Trojan)

Mon Dec 7 13:16:07 CST 2009

Next I would shut down each computer, and bring them back online one at a
time until the items re-appear.
-- 
Jon Thompson
Evolve
www.dmevolve.com

On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Alan Maupin <alan.maupin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Jon, I disconnected the ethernet cable from the Airport and connected the
> DSL Modem directly into my Mac and rebooted.  Nothing changed with the
> Airport Express removed.
>
>
> On Dec 2, 2009, at 12:03 AM, Jon Thompson wrote:
>
> You could always try turning the airport off, plugging a computer into the
> wired network, and rebooting. This will verify what I am saying. Then reset
> it back to factory defaults.
> --
> Jon Thompson
> Evolve
> www.dmevolve.com
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Alan Maupin <alan.maupin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks - I'll check out the Airport settings again.
>>
>> On Dec 1, 2009, at 3:43 PM, Jon Thompson wrote:
>>
>> 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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>>>>
>>>> --- 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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