Malware type: Backdoor

Aliases: Adware.Look2Me (Symantec), TR/Drop.Agent.HG.2 (Avira), Troj/Bdoor-CPL (Sophos),

In the wild: Yes

Destructive: No

Language: English

Platform: Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP

Encrypted: No

Description: 

This backdoor is a dropped file of another malware, TROJ_DROPPER.AX.

(Note: A backdoor program is a Trojan specifically designed to allow malicious users to remotely manipulate affected systems. Like all Trojans, backdoors do not propagate. They are either installed inadvertently by unsuspecting users or intentionally by malicious users.)

It is capable of changing Internet Explorer (IE) browser settings. It also creates a browser helper object (BHO) to monitor the browsing activities of affected users.

(Note: BHO is an application that runs automatically when the Internet browser starts, allowing users to communicate and interact with all forms of information on the Web.)

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Description created: Apr. 5, 2005 11:59:30 AM GMT -0800
Description updated: Apr. 5, 2005 11:59:36 AM GMT -0800

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