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Overview

This is an IRC controlled backdoor, which provides an attacker with unauthorized remote access to the compromised  machine and the attacker can perform the following actions on this infected machine.

This is a trojan detection. Unlike viruses, trojans do not self-replicate. They are spread manually, often under the premise that they are beneficial or wanted. The most common installation methods involve system or security exploitation, and unsuspecting users manually executing unknown programs. Distribution channels include email, malicious or hacked web pages, Internet Relay Chat (IRC), peer-to-peer networks, etc.

Characteristics

This is a DLL component of BackDoor-AZX. More details of this trojan at:

• http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_120541.htm

Symptoms

This is a DLL component of BackDoor-AZX. More details of this trojan at:

• http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_120541.htm

Method of Infection

This is a DLL component of BackDoor-AZX. More details of this trojan at:

• http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_120541.htm

Removal

All Users:
Use specified engine and DAT files for detection.

Modifications made to the system Registry and/or INI files for the purposes of hooking system startup, will be successfully removed if cleaning with the current engine and the specified DATs (or higher). Older engines may not be able to remove all registry keys created by this threat.

Additional Windows ME/XP removal considerations

Variants

Variants

N/A

All Information

Overview -

This is an IRC controlled backdoor, which provides an attacker with unauthorized remote access to the compromised  machine and the attacker can perform the following actions on this infected machine.

This is a trojan detection. Unlike viruses, trojans do not self-replicate. They are spread manually, often under the premise that they are beneficial or wanted. The most common installation methods involve system or security exploitation, and unsuspecting users manually executing unknown programs. Distribution channels include email, malicious or hacked web pages, Internet Relay Chat (IRC), peer-to-peer networks, etc.

Characteristics

Characteristics -

This is a DLL component of BackDoor-AZX. More details of this trojan at:

• http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_120541.htm

Symptoms

Symptoms -

This is a DLL component of BackDoor-AZX. More details of this trojan at:

• http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_120541.htm

Method of Infection

Method of Infection -

This is a DLL component of BackDoor-AZX. More details of this trojan at:

• http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_120541.htm

Removal -

Removal -

All Users:
Use specified engine and DAT files for detection.

Modifications made to the system Registry and/or INI files for the purposes of hooking system startup, will be successfully removed if cleaning with the current engine and the specified DATs (or higher). Older engines may not be able to remove all registry keys created by this threat.

Additional Windows ME/XP removal considerations

Variants

Variants -

N/A