Backdoor.Asylum

Risk Level 1: Very Low

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Discovered:: May 2, 2000
Updated:: February 13, 2007 11:51:00 AM
Type:: Trojan Horse

This Trojan horse has no visual indicators that the computer has been infected. When executed, the Trojan modifies the system to enable itself to run at startup. You will notice a serious degradation of performance because the Trojan uses most of the system's resources.

Antivirus Protection Dates

Initial Rapid Release version May 5, 2000
Latest Rapid Release version November 29, 2011 revision 025
Initial Daily Certified version May 5, 2000
Latest Daily Certified version November 29, 2011 revision 033
Initial Weekly Certified release date pending

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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: Moderate
Removal: Moderate

Damage

Damage Level: Low

Distribution

Distribution Level: Low

Writeup By: Brian Ewell

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