Every once in a while, you find some odd piece of text in a piece of malware.
Debugging the TDL 3 rootkit yields some interesting results. Here are messages that dump in the debug window at various times:
Fri Apr 9 09:02:37.495 2010 (GMT-4): You people voted for Hubert Humphrey, and you killed Jesus
Fri Apr 9 09:03:01.900 2010 (GMT-4): Ah Lou, come on man, we really like this place
Fri Apr 9 11:53:08.715 2010 (GMT-4): Dude, meet me in Montana XX00, Jesus (H. Christ)
Fri Apr 9 12:18:27.522 2010 (GMT-4): I felt like putting a bullet between the eyes of every panda that wouldn’t screw to save it’s species. I wanted to open the dump valves on oil tankers and smother all those french beaches I’d never see. I wanted to breathe smoke
If you’re a movie or TV buff, you might recognize these:
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: You people voted for Hubert Humphrey, and you killed Jesus
Fight Club: — Ah Lou, come on man, we really like this place and I felt like putting a bullet between the eyes of every panda that wouldn’t screw to save it’s species. I wanted to open the dump valves on oil tankers and smother all those french beaches I’d never see. I wanted to breathe smoke.
Brake my wfie, please: Dude, meet me in Montana XX00, Jesus (H. Christ)
Alex Eckelberry
(Thanks, Chandra)