Malware detected on HP ProLiant DL385 Gen 7 system
Malware detected on HP ProLiant DL385 Gen 7 system
Hi everyone, I'm working with an HP ProLiant DL385 Gen 7 for a project. It hasn't been used much yet. There was a report a while back about malware on the server. Can we verify if that's still a concern? Even after reinstalling Windows Server 2019 R2, would it be safe to use? Any advice would be great! Thanks! Shane
If nobody cares about the data currently on the drives, you can always erase everything with a tool like DBAN or by destroying any currently configured RAID virtual drives. The safest thing to do would be to get new drives. What do you plan on doing with it? That's an old Opteron platform from AMD's construction equipment years. They have a lot of cores, but per-thread they weren't competitive with even previous-generation Xeons when they were new. If this is going to be anything more than a proof of concept, you can probably justify spending some money on a newer platform. Even a mediocre (and cheap) LGA2011-3 server would be a rocket ship in comparison.
Please note this first – thank you for your reply! This information is quite valuable, though finding much data about it can be challenging. The current data isn't crucial; I'm just ensuring the system remains safe after a wipe. It's not connected to any network right now, just as a proof of concept for my own project. The goal was to use it as an SFTP solution for the company. We already have an FTP, but it's slow and sometimes unstable. Do you have any suggestions on what it could be used for?