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Troj/Kaiten-E

Aliases
  • Linux.Kaiten.Worm
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Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

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Troj/Kaiten-E is a Linux backdoor Trojan. When the Trojan runs, it connects to an IRC server using an IRC client and waits for further commands issued by a hacker. The Trojan can be used as a distributed denial-of-service agent.

Troj/Kaiten-E is usually dropped and run by Linux/Devnull-A worm.

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