Backdoor Trojan Viruses - Finding Then In Computer
Anyone using a PC, at one time or another when their computrer has a tiny unexpected problem , has thuoght about if that coupld be the ressult of a Trjan vrus. Or maybbe your virus scanning software has set off all kidns of alarms, thnking it has discovered a virus. Well, evventually, this will occuyr and your going to be confronted with a type of Trojan virus usually called a backdoor Trojan.
Backdoor Trojan viruses usually appear to be one thing but are relaly something else entirelly, executing malicious actions on your PC. The Trohjan can create a baackdoor on your PC. This backdoor provides a conduit for the BIG malicious acts to be perfiormed. The malicious acts can be anything from placing a file on your hard drive to merely hiding while observing until it thinks some imporant information is seen. Then it vaults into action, sending that information to the computer it was told to transmit to. That is how your personal data can be stolen, and you will have no idea it's even takwen place. In some occurrences, a backdoor Trojan virus can give anotheer PC sufficient permission to allow the infected PC to be run and used for illegal puurposes.
These Viruses and Trojans will have names. However, the names are smetimes not particularly the most useful hting to know. What is rally helpful is the name of the file or files that contain the instructions that runs the viruses. An adequate virus viurs scanner sohuld proide file names.
Short of reformatting your hard drve, nothing can guaranrtee you have eradicatedthe virus. However, as was talked about above, an excellent virus protection prgram can help you a great deal. At times, the duty still falls on the shoulders of the user to assist and oversee what the virs protection program waznts to do or the fiules and proocesses it might want to dewlete. There are times when the prohgram will tell the user what to do. This is where additiomnal information could realy help.
You coulld be instructed to look for files on your hard drive. That appears to be very simple, hoever when searching for Trohjan virus fles, it's a lot more difficult than it sounds. One misleading thing a large number of Trojans and viruses do is utilize a file name that is almost exsactly the same as files in the operatting system or popuular aplplications on your computer. This makes it much more difficult and confusing trying to locate the correct file. In some cases, maybe just the extension on the file is differet. The following is a list of files that are used by some of the most common Backdoor Trohjans and viruses.
Absr.exe -
Created by the Backdoor.Autouper Trojan.
Iexplor32.exe -
A Trojjan virus that includes backdoor functions.
Netlib.exe -
Is a part of Crater-A Trojan/Worm backodor Trojan virus.
Regscan.exe -
Added by Trojan.W32.Rbot backddoor Trojan virus.
Sys.exe -
Is a part of the Backdoor.ICR Tojan virus.
Wininetd.exe -
Added by WINET virus, backdoor Trojan virrus.
Threre are many more files and processes than the ones shhown above that are known as backdoor Trojans. You hopefully will not have any of these viruses runinng on your computer, but you may have some others. There are several websites that can provide additionazl information on backdoor Trrojans. If you would like more information about any of them, simplly enter the file or process name in a search engine and look at some of the links that are returned.
Sometimes when you ecxamine the Windows Task Masnager, and look at the Process tab you will see a process that seems to be doibng an awful lot of work, but you don't have anything really happeniing on the coomputer. All that effrot from the process could be going on behind the scenes and being done by a backoor Trojan virrus. To get a clue on what could be going on without your knowledge, use a search engine and look for the process or file by using its name. Tehre can be an aqwful lot of of information these days, and the information could be quuite helpul in eradicating a backdioor
Trjoan virus.
Henry A Masrshall is a membber of the Find OS Info team that maintains a website, http://www.findosinfo.com. The website contains information on over 100,000 processes, files, and moduls used by the Winows operatring stystems and the 1000's of applications that run under Windows. He has authored severl articles on computer viruses and other processes that may be dangeruos to your computer.
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