Backdoor.Anakha

Risk Level 1: Very Low

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Discovered:: June 26, 2002
Updated:: February 13, 2007 12:00:06 PM
Also Known As:: Backdoor.Trojan, Trojan.Win32.Anakha.b, BackDoor-UY, Troj/Anaka-B
Type:: Trojan Horse
Systems Affected:: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP

Backdoor.Anakha is a backdoor Trojan horse that allows a hacker to use Internet Relay Chat (IRC) to gain control of a computer. It also opens TCP/UDP ports to allow a hacker to take control of the system. Backdoor.Anakha is written in the Microsoft Visual Basic programming language and is compressed with ASPack.

NOTE: Virus definitions dated prior to June 27, 2002, may detect this threat as Backdoor.Trojan.

Antivirus Protection Dates

Initial Rapid Release version June 28, 2002
Latest Rapid Release version June 22, 2009 revision 066
Initial Daily Certified version June 28, 2002
Latest Daily Certified version June 19, 2009 revision 051
Initial Weekly Certified release date July 3, 2002

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Threat Assessment

Wild

Wild Level: Low
Number of Infections: 50 - 999
Number of Sites: More than 10
Geographical Distribution: Medium
Threat Containment: Easy
Removal: Easy

Damage

Damage Level: Low

Distribution

Distribution Level: Low

Writeup By: Yana Liu

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