Remove Rattler. Description and removal instructions

Title: Rattler
Type: Remote Administration Tools	Severity scale: (55 / 100)

This tool is a plugin for Back orifice 2000 Remote Administration Tool. Its prime function is notifying the intruder each time when someone gets infected. It notifies the hacker via the e-mail. The author of this pest is a hacker called AdTropis. He created this tool using Visual C++ 6.0 (SP3) programming language. Many versions appeared in the internet from August 1999 to October 2003.

From the publisher:

"Rattler is a Back Orifice 2000 plugin that sends e-mail messages to a specified user when the IP address of the Back Orifice host machine changes. This can be extremely useful for users who have Back Orifice servers running on dial-up machines and/or machines configured for DHCP.

How It Works

Basically the operation of Rattler is very simple. It simply obtains a block of IP addresses that correspond to the machine on which it is running. If there have been any additions to this IP table Rattler sends an e-mail message containing the current IP table to a pre-defined recipient.

v1.10: Released 10/03/99 > Changed debugging messages a bit, added more debugging messages > WinSock is now initialized when the plugin is loaded > Fixed bug in GetIpList() > Fixed possible bug when calling gethostname() in SendMailMessage() > Added "Use Registry" option > Added multiple recipient capability > Added formatted subject line > Switched TCP/IP socket operations to non-blocking > Changed name of DLL to srv_rattler.dll for consistency

1.01: Released 08/29/99 > Fixed bug in WinSock init code > Fixed bug in getting mail host name > Fixed bug in getting TCP protocol information > Fixed bug in debugging options change

1.0: Released 08/23/99 > Initial release"

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Rattler properties:
• Allows remote user connection
• Hides from the user
• Stays resident in background

Automatic Rattler removal:

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Rattler manual removal:

Kill processes:
rmratreg.exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Unregister DLLs:
44dad3cc.dll, rattler.dll, srv_rattler.dll, srv_rattler_3-03.dll, srv_ricq.dll, srv_ricq_3-02.dll

HELP:
how to unregister malicious DLLs

Delete files:
44dad3cc.dll, changelog.txt, rattler.cpp, rattler.def, rattler.dll, rattler.dsp, rattler.dsw, rattler.h, rattler.txt, readme.txt, resource.h, ricq.cpp, ricq.dsp, ricq.dsw, ricq.h, ricq.txt, rmratreg.c, rmratreg.exe, script1.rc, srv_rattler.dll, srv_rattler.dsp, srv_rattler_3-03.dll, srv_ricq.dll, srv_ricq.dsp, srv_ricq_3-02.dll

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

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Information added: 25/04/05
Information updated: 25/04/05

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