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IRCBot.BYF | |
Threat Level Damage Distribution |
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| Common name: | IRCBot.BYF |
| Technical name: | Bck/IRCBot.BYF |
| Threat level: | Medium |
| Alias: | Backdoor.Win32.IRCBot.cow, |
| 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 uses stealth techniques to avoid being detected by the user.
It spreads
, via IRC, via mapped drives.
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| Affected platforms:
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Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95 |
| First detected on: | April 17, 2008 |
| Detection updated on: | April 17, 2008 |
| Statistics | No |
Brief Description | |
IRCBot.BYF 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 awaits remote-control orders received through
IRC or HTTP. It uses stealth techniques to avoid being detected by the user: - It deletes the original file from which it was run once it is installed on the computer.
IRCBot.BYF 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.
- IRC: It sends a copy of itself to all users connected to the channel to which the infected user is connected.
- Computer networks (mapped drives): it creates copies of itself in mapped drives.
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