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Haxdoor.KN | |
Threat Level Damage Distribution |
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| Common name: | Haxdoor.KN |
| Technical name: | Bck/Haxdoor.KN |
| Threat level: | Medium |
| Type: | Backdoor |
| Effects: |
It allows to gain remote access to the affected computer.
It carries out actions that decrease the security level of the computer.
It does not spread automatically using its own means.
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| Affected platforms:
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Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95 |
| First detected on: | April 17, 2006 |
| Detection updated on: | April 17, 2006 |
| Statistics | No |
Proactive protection: | Yes, using TruPrevent Technologies
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Brief Description | |
Haxdoor.KN is a backdoor that allows hackers to gain remote access to the affected computer in order to carry out actions that compromise user confidentiality and impede the tasks performed on the computer. It reduces the security level of the computer:
it notifies the attacker that the computer has been compromised and is ready to be used maliciously; it opens one or more ports to allow remote access to the computer and takes action that compromises user confidentiality; it listens on open ports in order to control the computer remotely. Haxdoor.KN does not spread automatically using its own means. It needs an attacking user's intervention in order to reach the affected computer. The means of transmission used include, among others, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, email messages with attached files, Internet downloads, FTP, IRC channels, peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks, etc. |