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IRCBot.CCP | |
Threat Level Damage Distribution |
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Common name: | IRCBot.CCP |
Technical name: | Bck/IRCBot.CCP |
Threat level: | Medium |
Type: | Backdoor |
Effects: |
It allows to gain remote access to the affected computer.
It spreads
, via mapped drives.
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Affected platforms:
| Windows XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95 |
First detected on: | July 11, 2008 |
Detection updated on: | July 11, 2008 |
Statistics | No |
Brief Description | |
IRCBot.CCP 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. IRCBot.CCP 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.
- Computer networks (mapped drives): it creates copies of itself in mapped drives.
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