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O.P. Backdoor.ducy
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Backdoor.Ducy is a backdoor Trojan horse that uses MSN Messenger to give an attacker access to your computer.

The latest instant-messaging virus was detected last week and can infect an individual's computer from a Website or an e-mail attachment.

"Backdoor.Ducy is being used . . . for command and control," said Vincent Weafer, senior director of development for Symantec Security Response. "Once it's there, [users are] basically using instant messaging as a means to send command-and-control capabilities to an attacker." [Source: New York Post]

What does Ducy do?

1) It creates the file, %Windir%\Msn.exe.

2) Adds the value:

"control"="%Windir%\msn.exe " to the registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

so that the Trojan runs when you start Windows.

3) Opens a backdoor on the infected system, allowing an attacker to connect to the system using MSN Messenger.


Watch out for this Virus
read more about it Here
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06-13-2004 10:43 PM
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