Backdoor.Fearic

Risk Level 1: Very Low

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Discovered:: August 7, 2002
Updated:: February 13, 2007 11:57:52 AM
Also Known As:: Backdoor.Fear.15 [AVP]
Type:: Trojan Horse
Systems Affected:: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP

Backdoor.Fearic is a backdoor Trojan horse that allows a hacker to use America Online Instant Messenger (AIM) or to open TCP/UDP ports to gain control of a computer.

Backdoor.Fearic is written in the Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) programming language. It will listen on ports 8811, 3456, and 2000.

NOTE: Symantec antivirus products detect the client portion of this Trojan as Backdoor.Fearic.Cli. The length of the client portion is 122,880 Bytes.

Antivirus Protection Dates

Initial Rapid Release version August 8, 2002
Latest Rapid Release version August 20, 2008 revision 017
Initial Daily Certified version August 8, 2002
Latest Daily Certified version August 20, 2008 revision 016
Initial Weekly Certified release date August 14, 2002

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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: Easy

Damage

Damage Level: Low

Distribution

Distribution Level: Low

Writeup By: Yana Liu

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