DoS.Linux.Chass

Aliases
DoS.Linux.Chass (Kaspersky Lab) is also known as: Linux/DoS-Chass (McAfee), Hacktool.DoS (Symantec), DDoS.Chass (Doctor Web), Troj/DoSArang-A (Sophos), DoS:Linux/Arang.A (RAV), ELF:Malware (ALWIL), DoS.Linux.Chass (ClamAV), DDos Program (Panda)

Technical details
This malicious program is designed to conduct Denial of Service attacks on a remote server. It is a Linux ELF file. The file is 4 240 bytes in size. It is written in C++.

Payload
This script will conduct a DoS attack on a designated server. The remote malicious user provides the address of the server which is used as an input parameter when launching. The program also has the option to indicate the number of packets which should be sent to the remote machine.

This malicious program may cause the server under attack to suffer reduced performance in supporting network connections.

Removal instructions
If your computer does not have an up-to-date antivirus, or does not have an antivirus solution at all, follow the instructions below to delete the malicious program:

1. Delete the original malicious program file (the location will depend on how the program originally penetrated the victim machine).
2. Update your antivirus databases and perform a full scan of the computer (download a trial version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus).