2-hour project: Check one of my VPS servers for malware and spam sent mails

Job ID: 39175009

Budget: $10 – $30 AUD

Before you bid, please take a minute to read this project brief in full. There is no rush.

Also view our "Client profile" before you respond. We are a reputed employer with excellent previous ratings.

The chosen freelancer will receive positive feedback score and prompt payment.

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This is a 2-hour project

We run a VPS with around 30 client accounts in it. It runs WHM cPanel.

These client accounts have e-mail addresses which they use for various purposes.

Different client accounts are used by different teams, each of whom has separate access to their accounts using user ID and password for their respective webspace and cPanel

We recently received a report that our VPS has been used for network attack attempts (sending spam e-mails).

As a result of such an activity, the server IP address has been blacklisted by the following organizations:

Spamhaus XBL Exploits Block List | http://www.spamhaus.org/query/bl?ip=127.0.0.1
Proofpoint Dynamic Reputation | https://support.proofpoint.com/rbl-lookup.cgi?ip=127.0.0.1
Hostkarma | https://ipadmin.junkemailfilter.com/remove.php

---------------- About the Task -------------------

You task is to scan the VPS , and identify

1. The location(s) of the malware
2. Location(s) of mails which have been sent

The task will be considered successfully completed when you share with us the above data. You will locate and remove the malware.

The winning bidder (based on your time and cost bid) will be given access to our VPS root folder and cPanel

We do NOT have a fixed budget in mind. Please bid according to your own experience and judgment, and see what other freelancers have bid for the same task. We will award the project to the best bidder.

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We are a reputed employer on Freelancer.com (check our Client profile) with a 10-year history in hiring freelancers. Good, clean and sincere work will be rewarded with positive feedback and prompt payment.

So please bid only if you can deliver this in 2 hours. Otherwise, do not waste your valuable bidding opportunity.

Good luck with your bid!