Backdoor.Coreflood

Backdoor.Coreflood is a Backdoor Trojan horse that is primarily designed to conduct Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. The Trojan connects to an IRC server and gives control of the infected computer to an attacker.

The detection for Backdoor.Coreflood was modified on October 16, 2003 to account for a minor variant of this Trojan.

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version December 2, 2002
• Latest Rapid Release version August 20, 2008 revision 017
• Initial Daily Certified version December 2, 2002
• Latest Daily Certified version August 20, 2008 revision 016
• Initial Weekly Certified release date December 4, 2002

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Threat Assessment

Wild

• Wild Level: Medium
• Number of Infections: More than 1000
• Number of Sites: More than 10
• Geographical Distribution: High
• Threat Containment: Easy
• Removal: Moderate

Damage

• Damage Level: Medium

Distribution

• Distribution Level: Low