Backdoor.Roxrat.12

Risk Level 1: Very Low

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Discovered:: December 3, 2002
Updated:: February 13, 2007 11:56:58 AM
Type:: Trojan Horse
Systems Affected:: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP

Backdoor.Roxrat.12 is a variant of Backdoor.Roxrat. It gives an attacker unauthorized access to an infected computer. The Trojan attempts to disable some major antivirus and firewall products by terminating the active processes that are in a list that the Trojan maintains.

It opens TCP ports 10666, 65000, and 65010 to connect to the hacker.

This threat is written in the Borland Delphi programming language.

Antivirus Protection Dates

Initial Rapid Release version December 4, 2002
Latest Rapid Release version August 20, 2008 revision 017
Initial Daily Certified version December 4, 2002
Latest Daily Certified version August 20, 2008 revision 016
Initial Weekly Certified release date December 4, 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: Moderate

Damage

Damage Level: Medium

Distribution

Distribution Level: Low

Writeup By: Yana Liu

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