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TROJ_QAZ.A
Overview

Malware type: Trojan

Aliases: Worm.Win32.QAZ (Kaspersky), W32/QAZ.worm.gen (McAfee), W32/Qaz (Sophos), Worm:Win32/QAZ.A (Microsoft)

In the wild: Yes

Destructive: Yes

Language: English

Platform: Windows

Encrypted: No

Overall risk rating:


Description: 
This Internet worm also functions as a backdoor tool, which gives a remote user control to the infected PC. It is network aware and is able to spread through shared resources over local area network. It disguises itself as NOTEPAD.EXE. The backdoor component of the Trojan is very destructive because it allows the remote user to upload and execute another Trojan or other malicious programs.

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Description created: Oct. 28, 2000 11:53:00 AM GMT -0800

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