Backdoor.Win32.Poison.aec

Posted: September 12, 2011

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Threat Level:	6/10
Infected PCs:	52

First Seen:	September 12, 2011
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Just as this malicious security threat's name infers, Backdoor.Win32.Poison.aec poses a serious, high-risk security threat that is, literally, POISON to any computer system Backdoor.Win32.Poison.aec comes across.

Backdoor.Win32.Poison.aec has been identified and classified by SpywareRemove.com security analysts, as a malicious Trojan horse that seeks to secretively and deceptively infiltrate and infect targeted computer systems, without first receiving any kind of user authorization.

Backdoor.Win32.Poison.aec is a horrible PC infection that is most known for Backdoor.Win32.Poison.aec's expertise in opening up serious and harmful security vulnerabilities, normally referred to as backdoors, on the computer systems that this malicious threat successfully manages to infect. By possessing a particular penchant for severely compromising the integrity of infected computer systems' security environment, by opening up vulnerable backdoors, Backdoor.Win32.Poison.aec is able to easily enable Backdoor.Win32.Poison.aec's hacker creator remote access to the systems Backdoor.Win32.Poison.aec compromises.

By opening up malignant, evil backdoors that allow seditious hackers remote access to compromised systems, Backdoor.Win32.Poison.aec works as a remote administration tool that will attempt to take over control of compromised computer systems.

Additionally, by being intentionally created and designed to be a malevolent backdoor Trojan, Backdoor.Win32.Poison.aec is able to drop all kinds of malicious, corrupt files onto infected computer systems. Even worse, many times, the infected files that these particular types of corrupt programs are notorious for injecting onto compromised computer systems are actually other vicious computer security threats; for instance, Backdoor.Win32.Poison.aec may work to spread additional malware, adware, spyware, worms, Trojans, and etc. onto the computer systems Backdoor.Win32.Poison.aec successfully infects.

This particular Trojan is known to operate and propagate Backdoor.Win32.Poison.aec's nasty security threat under a variety of alternate aliases; a few of the more common and well-known of Backdoor.Win32.Poison.aec are:

– Backdoor:Win32.Poison.M [Microsoft]
– Mal/Poison-A [Sophos]
– BackDoor-DKI.gen.e [McAfee]
– Backdoor.Win32.Poison.aec [Kaspersky Lab]
– Spyware.Ardakey [Symantec]
– Spyware.Ardakey!rem [PCTools]
– Virus.Win32.Poison [Ikarus]
– Win-Trojan/Poison.14080 [AhnLab]

Characteristics of this Nasty Trojan

Once this nasty Trojan horse has successfully breached a targeted computer system's security defenses in order to latch itself to the infiltrated system, Backdoor.Win32.Poison.aec will be able to begin initiating all kinds of terrible, worry-inducing, malicious operations and processes on infected computer systems. If your system has been infected by Backdoor.Win32.Poison.aec, SpywareRemove.com security analysts have reported that Backdoor.Win32.Poison.aec will work to change a variety of things on your computer system, without your authorization.

In other words, Backdoor.Win32.Poison.aec will work to change quietely a variety of system settings, web browser settings and etc. on your system, without ever even requesting your permission to do so. Just like Backdoor.Win32.Poison.aec's process of infecting targeted computer systems is done in absolute secret, Backdoor.Win32.Poison.aec's penchant for altering a myriad of system settings on compromised systems – is completed in utter silence.

Furthermore, Backdoor.Win32.Poison.aec is capable of continuously running in the background of infected computer systems,for long periods of time, without ever giving away Backdoor.Win32.Poison.aec's malicious presence to the compromised systems' users. This means that your system can be infected by Backdoor.Win32.Poison.aec for a long period of time, without you ever being aware of Backdoor.Win32.Poison.aec's presence on your system, which makes successfully detecting and completely removing this particular Trojan a difficult feat.

SpywareRemove.com security analysts strongly recommend that you procure a good, safe and reliable complex-malware removal tool, to rid your system completely of Backdoor.Win32.Poison.aec, before Backdoor.Win32.Poison.aec is able to wreck serious, irreversible damage on your system.

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:

%Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Start Menu\Update.lnk

File name: %Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Start Menu\Update.lnk
File type: Shortcut
Mime Type: unknown/lnk
Group: Malware file

%PROGRAM_FILES%\ backdoor.win32.poison.aec\backdoor.win32.poison.aec

File name: %PROGRAM_FILES%\ backdoor.win32.poison.aec\backdoor.win32.poison.aec
Mime Type: unknown/aec
Group: Malware file

%UserProfile%\Application Data\PAV

File name: %UserProfile%\Application Data\PAV
Group: Malware file

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

HKEY..\..\..\..{Subkeys}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Paladin AntivirusHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Paladin AntivirusHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System 'DisableTaskMgr' = '1'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ backdoor.win32.poison.aecHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon 'Shell' = '%UserProfile%\Application Data\antispy.exe'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \Software \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion \RunServicesOnceHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceHKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft \Windows\ CurrentVersion