Trojan.BlackRev

Posted: May 23, 2013

Threat Metric

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Ranking:	12,328
Threat Level:	9/10
Infected PCs:	108

First Seen:	May 23, 2013
Last Seen:	October 8, 2023
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

The Black Revolution Trojan (more technically known as Trojan.BlackRev) is a backdoor Trojan that's used for initiating a sophisticated variety of DDoS attacks – website-flooding attacks that can crash a domain through the rapid influx of artificial traffic spikes. DDoS attacks mainly are problematic for your own PC in the sense that they may exploit an excessive amount of the infected computer's resources and, as a result, cause system instability. Even though their attacks aren't targeted directly at the computers they've infected, Trojan.BlackRev and related botnets always should be exterminated as a basic matter of maintaining your computer's security and stability. Good anti-malware applications shouldn't have any problems deleting Trojan.BlackRev, although they may require updates to detect some variants of Trojan.BlackRev, which has been seen in at least four different versions thus far.

Trojan.BlackRev: Pulling the Curtains Down on a Site with Your PC's Unwilling Help

Although every indication currently points towards Trojan.BlackRev's original development team being Russian, the intended distribution plan for Trojan.BlackRev still is up in air, particularly since SpywareRemove.com malware research team hasn't seen indications of Trojan.BlackRev being sold for usage by other criminals. However, they can confirm that some versions of Trojan.BlackRev Trojans are installed automatically through separate Trojan droppers that are designed for the explicit purpose of distributing Trojan.BlackRev to unprotected PCs.

There are at least four distinct variants of Trojan.BlackRev in the wild, which, when looked at together, form a rough snapshot of Trojan.BlackRev's ongoing development. Interestingly enough, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers note that some early versions of Trojan.BlackRev included functions (such as self-termination, hibernation, closing specific programs and disabling files) that have been carried off from versions three and four of Trojan.BlackRev. This is a rare case of new variants of a Trojan being possibly less dangerous than the old variants, and most likely is due to Trojan.BlackRev's specific focus on enabling DDoS (Distributed-Denial-of-Service) attacks.

DDoS attacks use a compromised computer's resources, usually in conjunction with a 'botnet' of similar PCs, to create simulated traffic for any specified websites. The resulting flood of fake traffic usually crashes the site in question, and can continue to keep the site disabled for lengthy periods of time. However, as far as your own PC is concerned, the only problems you are likely to experience are those that are resulted to the expenditure of your PC's RAM and other resources: software instability, sluggish response times and related performance problems.

Putting the Lights Out on a Trojan.BlackRev Traffic Flood

The different variants of Trojan.BlackRev Trojans mostly are of interest to PC security researchers and coders due to the advanced and diverse techniques used for the associated DDoS attacks. From the point of view of anyone using the infected computer, all versions of Trojan.BlackRev perform the same essential tasks and cause the same types of problems, despite the difference in methodology for accomplishing these attacks.

Since Trojan.BlackRev's development campaign most likely is still ongoing, SpywareRemove.com malware experts particularly recommend that you update any security and anti-malware programs before you try to find or rid yourself of Trojan.BlackRev. Like any sophisticated Trojan, you should delete Trojan.BlackRev quickly, but always with a proper level of assistance from qualified anti-malware utilities.

Trojan.BlackRev

Threat Metric

Trojan.BlackRev: Pulling the Curtains Down on a Site with Your PC's Unwilling Help

Putting the Lights Out on a Trojan.BlackRev Traffic Flood

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