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Backdoor:W32/Ghost.gen!A

Name : Backdoor:W32/Ghost.gen!A
Detection Names : Trojan.Win32.Dialer
Aliases : Troj/Bckdr-QMR (Sophos)
Infostealer.Gampass (Symantec)
Backdoor:WinNT/Farfli (Microsoft)
Category:Malware
Type:Backdoor
Platform:W32
Origin:CHINA

Summary

A remote administration utility which bypasses normal security mechanisms to secretly control a program, computer or network.

Additional Details

Backdoor:W32/Ghost.gen!A is the Generic Detection for the Ghost backdoor program.
Ghost originates from China.

Activity
The Server component of this program has the following settings:
  •  Port
  • Max connections
  • DNS/IP
  • Connect through Socks5
  • Use Proxy
  • Username/Password support
  • Service name/Descriptor name that appears in victim's machine

When using Ghost, a remote attacker  can execute the following actions on an infected machine:
  •  Perform various file operations
  • Perform screen captures
  • Perform keylogging
  • Execute a Remote Shell
  • Process Manager
  • Uninstall the backdoor from the machine
  • Webcam view
  • Perform Audio captures
  • Download/execute files
  • Update the server
  • Open URLs