Backdoor.Sinups

Risk Level 1: Very Low

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Discovered:: May 10, 2004
Updated:: February 13, 2007 12:22:51 PM
Type:: Trojan Horse
Systems Affected:: Microsoft IIS, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP

Backdoor.Sinups is an ASP and a VBScript-based Backdoor Trojan horse. This Trojan gives an attacker full control of a computer that runs a Microsoft IIS Web server.

The Trojan gives the attacker a Web-based interface on an infected system, from which the attacker can perform a variety of actions on the system (see the "Technical Details" section for the list of actions).

Antivirus Protection Dates

Initial Rapid Release version May 10, 2004
Latest Rapid Release version September 28, 2010 revision 054
Initial Daily Certified version May 10, 2004
Latest Daily Certified version September 28, 2010 revision 036
Initial Weekly Certified release date May 12, 2004

Click for a more detailed description of Rapid Release and Daily Certified virus definitions.

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: John Canavan

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