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BackDoor-AAF // MSSTASK.EXE (Mcafee)

Overview VirusÊName: BackDoor-AAF

RiskÊAssessment: Medium

DateÊDiscovered: 1/28/2002

Origin: Unknown

Type: Trojan

SubType: Win32

When the W32/Myparty@MM virus executable is executed on Windows NT machines, (Windows NT, 2000 or XP) this backdoor is dropped to the startup folder within the profile of the current user, MSSTASK.EXE:

%userprofile%\Start
Menu\Programs\Startup\msstask.exe

This ensures the backdoor is executed upon system startup, at which point it goes memory resident, and the machine is rendered vulnerable.

Click thru to alert text for disinfection information.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	McAfee Security	File Format	HTML
Date Published	January 2002
Format	White Papers
Topics	N/A

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