Is Remote Administrator(radmin) a trojon/virus itself or virus host? Any techniques to make it secur

[walala]

Dear all,

I newly installed my windows XP with the remote administrator(RADMIN)
for remote control(downloaded from their website)...

Here is a VirusScan Log: Basically, it reported "Nachi" host virus
infection on two files: "r_server.exe RemoteAdmin.svr" and later
"SVCHOST.EXE" infected by "W32/Nachi!tftpd".

It was obvious that the "SVCHOST" file was infected later than I first
installed the "r_server"...

I previously also installed the RADMIN on another computer, and used
Norton Antivirus, which did not report any virus/trojan about RADMIN.

I am concerned about this and want to know is there any security
breach case happened on RADMIN, and is it totally unsafe, and hence
should never be used; or it can be used by doing some Windows patching
and after the patching, the security problem won't happen any more?

(because I really don't want to trouble our security personel also
come and ask to check my computer...)

Thanks a lot,

-Walala

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10/30/2003 11:15:13 PM Moved (Clean failed because the file isn't
cleanable) COMTECH\Administrator D:\Applications\Radmin\r_server.exe RemoteAdmin.svr

10/30/2003 11:17:34 PM Statistics:
10/30/2003 11:17:34 PM Files scanned: 2762
10/30/2003 11:17:34 PM Files infected: 1
10/30/2003 11:17:34 PM Files cleaned: 0
10/30/2003 11:17:34 PM Files deleted: 0
10/30/2003 11:17:34 PM Files moved: 1

10/30/2003 11:19:19 PM Move failed (Clean failed because the file
isn't cleanable) NT
AUTHORITY\SYSTEM C:\WINDOWS\system32\r_server.exe RemoteAdmin.svr
10/30/2003 11:20:19 PM Move failed (Clean failed because the file
isn't cleanable) NT
AUTHORITY\SYSTEM C:\WINDOWS\system32\r_server.exe RemoteAdmin.svr
10/30/2003 11:20:57 PM Move failed (Clean failed because the file
isn't cleanable) COMTECH\Administrator C:\WINDOWS\system32\r_server.exe RemoteAdmin.svr
10/30/2003 11:20:59 PM Move failed (Clean failed because the file
isn't cleanable) COMTECH\Administrator C:\WINDOWS\system32\r_server.exe RemoteAdmin.svr
10/30/2003 11:40:48 PM Not scanned (scan timed out)
COMTECH\Administrator D:\Applications\Matlab6p5\sys\java\jre\win32\jre\lib\rt.jar\JARVERIFIERSTREAM$CERTCACHE.CLASS

10/30/2003 11:44:08 PM Statistics:
10/30/2003 11:44:08 PM Files scanned: 6639
10/30/2003 11:44:08 PM Files infected: 8
10/30/2003 11:44:08 PM Files cleaned: 0
10/30/2003 11:44:08 PM Files deleted: 0
10/30/2003 11:44:08 PM Files moved: 0

10/30/2003 11:45:53 PM Move failed (Clean failed because the file
isn't cleanable) NT
AUTHORITY\SYSTEM C:\WINDOWS\system32\r_server.exe RemoteAdmin.svr
10/30/2003 11:46:21 PM Move failed (Clean failed because the file
isn't cleanable) COMTECH\Administrator C:\WINDOWS\system32\r_server.exe RemoteAdmin.svr
10/30/2003 11:46:23 PM Move failed (Clean failed because the file
isn't cleanable) COMTECH\Administrator C:\WINDOWS\system32\r_server.exe RemoteAdmin.svr
10/30/2003 11:55:36 PM Move failed (Clean failed because the file
isn't cleanable) NT
AUTHORITY\SYSTEM C:\WINDOWS\system32\wins\SVCHOST.EXE W32/Nachi!tftpd

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

No, remote admin itself is not a trojan nor is it particularly susceptible.
You need to patch your system to protect if from this latest round of bugs
that exploits the remote procedure call service, see:

MS03-039: A Buffer Overrun in RPCSS Could Allow an Attacker to Run Malicious
Programs
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=824146

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[walala]

Hi,

No, remote admin itself is not a trojan nor is it particularly susceptible.
You need to patch your system to protect if from this latest round of bugs
that exploits the remote procedure call service, see:

MS03-039: A Buffer Overrun in RPCSS Could Allow an Attacker to Run Malicious
Programs
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=824146

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

but when I install RADMIN downloaded from RADMIN
website(www.radmin.com), the McAfee VirusScan warned about
"r_server.exe RemoteAdmin.svr" and refused to let it install;

I ignored that;

and after 20 minutes, the VirusScan began to report "SVCHOST.EXE
W32/Nachi!tftpd" along with the previous warning...

Is this truely infected or just over-reaction of the VirusScan
software?

By the way, I have installed all latest patches by "auto-update" after
I install WINDOWSXP...

Maybe MS-039 is a special one and I need to patch myself...?

Thanks,

-Walala

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Install the patch, regardless of the autoupdate function.

It may very well be that that download you are getting from radmin.com is
infected, or that it is disabling the very patch that is there to protect
you.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone