Backdoor.Haxdoor.S

Backdoor.Haxdoor.S is a Trojan horse program that opens a back door on the compromised computer and allows a remote attacker to have unauthorized access. It also logs keystrokes, steals passwords, and drops rootkits that run in safe mode.

It has been reported that the Trojan has been spammed through email as an email attachment.

Note: Virus definitions released prior to January 10, 2007 may detect this threat as Infostealer.

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version January 10, 2007
• Latest Rapid Release version June 21, 2008 revision 020
• Initial Daily Certified version January 10, 2007
• Latest Daily Certified version January 20, 2009 revision 048
• Initial Weekly Certified release date January 10, 2007

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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