Discovered: June 26, 2002

Updated: February 13, 2007 12:00:06 PM

 Also Known As: Backdoor.Trojan, Trojan.Win32.Anakha.b, BackDoor-UY, Troj/Anaka-B

Type: Trojan Horse

Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP

Backdoor.Anakha is a backdoor Trojan horse that allows a hacker to use Internet Relay Chat (IRC) to gain control of a computer. It also opens TCP/UDP ports to allow a hacker to take control of the system. Backdoor.Anakha is written in the Microsoft Visual Basic programming language and is compressed with ASPack.

NOTE: Virus definitions dated prior to June 27, 2002, may detect this threat as Backdoor.Trojan.

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version June 28, 2002
• Latest Rapid Release version November 27, 2007 revision 025
• Initial Daily Certified version June 28, 2002
• Latest Daily Certified version January 15, 2008 revision 017
• Initial Weekly Certified release date July 3, 2002

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Threat Assessment

Wild

• Wild Level: Low
• Number of Infections: 50 - 999
• Number of Sites: More than 10
• Geographical Distribution: Medium
• Threat Containment: Easy
• Removal: Easy

Damage

• Damage Level: Low

Distribution

• Distribution Level: Low

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