Backdoor.Asylum

This Trojan horse has no visual indicators that the computer has been infected. When executed, the Trojan modifies the system to enable itself to run at startup. You will notice a serious degradation of performance because the Trojan uses most of the system's resources.

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version May 5, 2000
• Latest Rapid Release version July 19, 2008 revision 019
• Initial Daily Certified version May 5, 2000
• Latest Daily Certified version July 19, 2008 revision 018
• Initial Weekly Certified release date pending

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Threat Assessment

Wild

• Wild Level: Low
• Number of Infections: 0 - 49
• Number of Sites: 0 - 2
• Geographical Distribution: Low
• Threat Containment: Moderate
• Removal: Moderate

Damage

• Damage Level: Low

Distribution

• Distribution Level: Low