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Backdoor:W32/Generic

First posted on 07 April 2010.
Source: SecurityHome

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Explanation :

A remote administration utility that bypasses normal security mechanisms to secretly control a program, computer or network.

Additional DetailsThis is a Generic Detection that identifies files with backdoor-like characteristics or behavior.
A backdoor is a Remote Administration Utility (RAT) that bypasses normal security mechanisms to secretly control a program, computer or network, almost always for malicious reasons.
For more general information about backdoors, please see Encyclopedia: Backdoor.



About Generic Detections
Unlike signature or single-file detections, a Generic Detection does not identify a unique or individual malicious program. Instead, a Generic Detection looks for broadly applicable code or behavior characteristics that indicate a file as potentially malicious, so that a single Generic Detection can efficiently identify dozens, or even hundreds of malware.
For more general information about generic detections, please see Encyclopedia: Generic Detections.

Last update 07 April 2010

 

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