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Troj/EMDoor-A

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Unix
Protection available since 7 February 2006 22:48:21 (GMT)
Last updated 28 February 2006 20:17:04 (GMT)
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More Information

Troj/EMDoor-A is a backdoor Trojan for the Unix platform.

Troj/EMDoor-A includes a legitimate IRC application, renamed to "httpd", and several configuration files that cause it to connect to a preconfigured IRC server. This allows a remote user to gain access to and control over the infected computer.

Troj/EMDoor-A is downloaded and installed by another script.

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