Backdoor.IRC.Aladinz.D

Backdoor.IRC.Aladinz.D is an IRC-based Trojan Horse that attempts to spread through Windows NT/2000/XP networks. It is dropped by a self-extracting archive, which generally includes an mIRC client, allowing computers that do not have mIRC installed to be used to perform Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks.

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version September 19, 2003
• Latest Rapid Release version August 20, 2008 revision 017
• Initial Daily Certified version September 19, 2003
• Latest Daily Certified version August 20, 2008 revision 016
• Initial Weekly Certified release date September 24, 2003

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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: Easy
• Removal: Easy

Damage

• Damage Level: Low

Distribution

• Distribution Level: Low