Cant find script sending spam

madpato

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May 30, 2008
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Hello

I have a customer whos sending spam via some specific script, my problem is i cant find it.

I have suspended the account to stop the activity but when its active it starts to span process which i cant trace or kill because process manager says it no longer exists.
I have run maldet and clamav on the account, changed account´s password but still happens as soon as i unsuspend the account.
I do have CSF installed and it sends me a report with this:

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I am also attaching a screenshot of the process manager swarming with those ghost process.

I have dealt with these before but usually CSF sends me the location of the script or clamav founds the problem.
Can anyone help me on how to uncover this i was thinking to post this also on CSF forum but wanted to try my luck here first. Regards.
 

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cPanelMichael

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Hello,

Try running the following command to see if it provides more information about the directory the email is coming from:

Code:
grep cwd /var/log/exim_mainlog | grep -v /var/spool | awk -F"cwd=" '{print $2}' | awk '{print $1}' | sort | uniq -c | sort -n
Thank you.
 

madpato

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with that found out that is the public_html folder i will have to check all the files there. Thanks it helped me to narrow the search.
 
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