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Nathe_in_Appalachia
Nathe_in_Appalachia
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July 10, 2015
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ColdFusion won't run after cleaning up a malware infection.

  • July 10, 2015
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I got a nasty package of malware delivered to my personal/development workstation over the weekend.  I used both HouseCall and Kapersky tools to clean it up.  I think I got it all.  But when I went to work in my coldfusion code, I found that the service would not start.

I reinstalled it, but now it starts yet I get a 503 error: Service not available when I try to open administrator to finish the install.

Please help.  One of things I noticed was the malware had attacked the jre's.

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    Nathe_in_Appalachia
    Nathe_in_AppalachiaAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    July 10, 2015

    An update:

    I ran Kapersky and found more crap and disinfected. No joy.  Uninstalled both IIS and CF, reinstalled IIS, the CF, and the configuration ran, but on the built-in server.  Ran Webserver configuration and it doesn't recognize that IIS is even there. Doesn't enumerate the websites.

    I am thinking that my Windows 7 Ulitimate SP1 Workstation is subtlely and permanently hosed somehow.

    But if anybody has seen this before and has any ideas, please let me know.  My Windows 10 update is weeks away.

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    nic_tunney
    Inspiring
    July 21, 2015

    With so many OS level problems going on, it really makes sense to restore Windows to a prior snapshot, or reinstall.  Piecemeal patching is going to cost you more time in the long run.

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    nic_tunney
    Inspiring
    July 10, 2015

    Have you considered a fresh install of CF?  I'd be worried after a virus to start patching bits and pieces and would want to know that everything is 100%.  That being said, what do you see in the application logs when it starts up?

    Nathe_in_Appalachia
    Nathe_in_AppalachiaAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    July 10, 2015

    Yes I tried a complete uninstall and deleted the cf directory since it was still there. Then did a complete reinstall from scratch. The problem appears when the installer finishes and I go to launch the configuration (CF administrator).

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    haxtbh
    Inspiring
    July 10, 2015

    Running this on IIS or Apache?

    Have you run the web site configurator after installing CF?

    What ever malware you had could have done a number on the web server you are using making things difficult.

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