Backdoor.Berbew.N

Backdoor.Berbew.N is a Trojan horse program that steals cached passwords from a compromised computer. The Trojan also opens a back door allowing a remote attacker to have unauthorized access to the compromised computer, and may lower security settings in Internet Explorer.

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version January 7, 2005
• Latest Rapid Release version July 1, 2009 revision 050
• Initial Daily Certified version January 7, 2005
• Latest Daily Certified version July 1, 2009 revision 048
• Initial Weekly Certified release date January 12, 2005

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Threat Assessment

Wild

• Wild Level: Low
• Number of Infections: 0 - 49
• Number of Sites: 0 - 2
• Geographical Distribution: Low
• Threat Containment: Easy
• Removal: Moderate

Damage

• Damage Level: Medium

Distribution

• Distribution Level: Low