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Backdoor:W32/Ghost.gen!A

Classification

Category:

Malware

Type:

Backdoor

Aliases:

  • Backdoor:W32/Ghost.gen!A
  • Trojan.Win32.Dialer
  • Troj/Bckdr-QMR (Sophos)
  • Infostealer.Gampass (Symantec)
  • Backdoor:WinNT/Farfli (Microsoft)

Summary

A remote administration tool (RAT) that bypasses the security features of a program, computer or network to give unauthorized access or control to its user.

Removal

Technical 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

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