Backdoor.Poebot.AL
Posted: November 26, 2010
Threat Metric
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Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.
Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.
Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.
Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.
% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.
| Threat Level: | 8/10 |
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| Infected PCs: | 37 |
| First Seen: | July 24, 2009 |
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| Last Seen: | December 29, 2022 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Backdoor.Poebot.AL is a computer worm designed to scan the local IP addresses on the network and propagate via these networks. Backdoor.Poebot.AL will try to spread itself over a LAN to any computers that have writeable file shares. Backdoor.Poebot.AL can also break simple passwords. Once it is executed, Backdoor.Poebot.AL will copy itself to a startup folder so it will automatically run on reboot. In addition, Backdoor.Poebot.AL may install a backdoor that will allow a remote attacker to get full control over your computer. Through this backdoor, an attacker can execute programs, download and install additional malware, and steal sensitive personal data and credit card information.
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Technical Details
File System Modifications
Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.
The following files were created in the system:svchost.exe
File name: svchost.exeSize: 196.48 KB (196487 bytes)
MD5: 4329063cae99527f6897f76f446cd761
Detection count: 65
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 21, 2010
logon.exe
File name: logon.exeSize: 143.36 KB (143360 bytes)
MD5: d16d89617faa86bfdfd1937a4040d2f4
Detection count: 47
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
iexplore.exe
File name: iexplore.exeSize: 76.8 KB (76800 bytes)
MD5: c1ab3a6d0df4667de52dac0c7b4a1595
Detection count: 24
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
firewall.exe
File name: firewall.exeSize: 1.05 MB (1056768 bytes)
MD5: 91ee56c98dacafb23956fe18efdd2b84
Detection count: 1
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
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