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Hupigon.KQA | |
Threat Level Damage Distribution |
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| Common name: | Hupigon.KQA |
| Technical name: | Bck/Hupigon.KQA |
| Threat level: | Medium |
| Type: | Backdoor |
| Effects: |
It allows to gain remote access to the affected 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: | Sept. 6, 2007 |
| Detection updated on: | Sept. 6, 2007 |
| Statistics | No |
Proactive protection: | Yes, using TruPrevent Technologies
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Brief Description | |
Hupigon.KQA 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. Hupigon.KQA uses the following propagation or distribution methods: - Exploiting vulnerabilities with the intervention of the user: exploiting vulnerabilities in file formats or applications. To exploit them successfully it needs the intervention of the user: opening files, viewing malicious web pages, reading emails, etc.
- File infection: it infects different types of files, which are then distributed through any of the usual means: floppy disks, email messages with attachments, Internet download, files transferred via FTP, IRC channels, P2P file sharing networks, etc.
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