Trojan.CyberGate.A
Posted: April 27, 2017
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.
| Ranking: | 12,396 |
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| Threat Level: | 8/10 |
| Infected PCs: | 979 |
| First Seen: | April 27, 2017 |
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| Last Seen: | February 14, 2025 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Trojan.CyberGate.A is a detection name used for a remote access Trojan (RAT) whose purpose is to provide an ill-minded users with access to the compromised computer, as well as the ability to use a broad range of tools, which could help them execute additional malware on the computer or obtain access to the data stored on it. Some of Trojan.CyberGate.A's major features include remote desktop, keylogging, file upload and download, accessing the Web camera, printer and other attached hardware.
Trojan.CyberGate.A is public and can be downloaded from multiple hacking forums so that, unfortunately, this means that hundreds of cybercrooks might use it to gain illicit access to the computers of their victims. The only way to get infected with Trojan.CyberGate.A is to run its harmful executable on your computer, and that's why we advise our readers to take the required measures to ensure that corrupted files will never run on their computers. Naturally, the most important line of defense is to use a credible and up-to-date anti-virus software suite that will detect and terminate potentially threatening connections or files immediately.
The people behind Trojan.CyberGate.A might use a broad range of methods to propagate the RAT – e-mail spam, fake downloads, pirated media and game cracks are just some of the techniques that could be used to distribute Trojan.CyberGate.A. Trojan.CyberGate.A is meant to operate silently to stay hidden for as long as possible – this is why proactive security measures are strongly recommended since they can minimize the chances that a threatening RAT or another threat will be able to endanger your online safety.
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