Peep (rat)

This application was designed for illegal controlling of other people's PCs. The hacker infects the victim's machine via the e-mail or File and Print Sharing with a "server" application. He can later access the infected machine via a "client". The functions of a RAT may vary, depending on the needs of the hacker. Some may just do nasty things, while the user is working. Other can steal vital information and remove files. The pest was written by a Chinese hacker called Dong Fa. He wrote the RAT in Visual C++ applicationming language. Several variants appeared in the internet from May 2002 to July 2004.