PC, Mac & Linux Users - a simple check to see if you have a Botnet.

[denem]

http://botnetchecker.com/

Posted by Apple Support, in response to the JAVA exploit "BackDoor.Flashback.39" which affects platforms with JAVA installed.

If you are using No Script, you may have to disable it before using the test.

[dhill926]

1. thanks......n/t

[myrna minx]

2. Thanks.

[BiggJawn]

3. Thanks!

"Whadaya mean cooties? No cooties on me!" she said...

[petronius]

4. Oh, shoot, it says I have zero bots. Where do I go to fix that?

(Thanks!)

[RKP5637]

7. Zero bots! I bet you feel left out! LOL

[denem]

18. DU can help you if you need more.

[Initech]

5. Would this work on Android and iOS as well?

[denem]

9. I'll look into it.

Android & iOS employ fully sandboxed browsers, so it's unlikely in the first place. There's no JAVA is iOS, so that rules this class of exploit out

[denem]

16. No iOS botnet exploits sighted so far. Android reports below.

"Millions caught up in Android botnet"
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/millions-caught-up-in-android-botnet/17891

"Android Botnet Exploits Gingerbread Root Access
http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/mobile/232600576

Android: Consult the manufacturer for the latest patches, then look around the anti-virus vendors.

[MineralMan]

6. Damn! No results.

I was hoping for a sexbot or something. Just my luck...

[aquart]

8. what is a botnet? Why would I not want one?

[denem]

10. They usually used to email spam, hide the route of a hacker probes, or to conduct a DDOS attack.

The main issues are bandwidth and slowing everything else down. If you are unlucky enough to be co-opted in an attack on, say, the DoD, there is an vanishing small possibility that the NSA will use the same protocols to have a look at you.

[jeff47]

19. It is remote control software that lets "the bad guys"...

...do whatever they want with your computer.

Common uses include stealing any valuable information on the computer, stealing your logins to web sites, sending spam, and using your internet connection to overload a web site (called a DDoS or "Distributed denial of service" attack)

[Dead_Parrot]

11. Damn, I'm infected with Govelbot.

[denem]

13. LOL Inform EarlG immediately.

A there's trojan Govelbot loose on DU3.

... and they said it could never happen!

[RKP5637]

12. Thanks!!! n/t

[Curmudgeoness]

14. Was that it? Two seconds, and I have results?

Great deal!!!! And 0 activity. All is well with the world......for today.

Thanks.

[d_r]

15. thanks

that is nice because it is looking at your ip address and not your machine

[DavidDvorkin]

17. Thanks.

[RebelOne]

20. No bot activity detected on my computer whatever that is. n/t

[Swede]

21. Thanks for the link.

nt

[northoftheborder]

22. No bot here. I've never had a single virus, bot, worm, or anything on my Mac.

[jeff47]

23. There is a large problem with this site

They check your current IP address. For about 99% of Internet users, their IP address will change regularly. So their new address may not show up in their database and thus it will say they don't have a bot when they do.

Also, those IP addresses are recycled. So if someone had a bot, and then I later got their IP address, then this tool would say I have a bot even though I don't.

[GeorgeGist]

24. You didn't tell me about the ...

honeynets.

Bot traffic from IP was not detected in our honeynets.
Please check back any time your computer is acting up.

[Duer 157099]

25. We defy the odds!

That page says that 25% of computers are infected, yet nobody here is. Are we special, or what?