HEUR:Backdoor.Java.Agent.a
Posted: January 30, 2014
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.
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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: | 1,556 |
|---|---|
| Threat Level: | 10/10 |
| Infected PCs: | 18,756 |
| First Seen: | January 31, 2014 |
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| Last Seen: | October 17, 2023 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
HEUR:Backdoor.Java.Agent.a is a botnet Trojan that uses IRC-delivered commands to generate fake traffic for crashing various online services, a practice that can be referred to as 'flooding' or as a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack. Although HEUR:Backdoor.Java.Agent.a doesn't show symptoms of any attacks directed against the infected computer, its illegal actions use your PC's resources in ways that may cause performance problems, and its mere existence on your hard drive is a major security issue. Obviously, malware experts recommend deleting HEUR:Backdoor.Java.Agent.a with the proper security tools, but this Trojan's compatibility with all major operating systems makes HEUR:Backdoor.Java.Agent.a a flexible threat for virtually all PC users.
A Trojan Agent that's Happy to Compromise Any System It Sees
In many ways, HEUR:Backdoor.Java.Agent.a is a standard botnet Trojan. HEUR:Backdoor.Java.Agent.a uses the Internet Relay Chat as its main means of receiving configuration instructions, HEUR:Backdoor.Java.Agent.a can be adjusted to target different websites and online services, and HEUR:Backdoor.Java.Agent.a uses encryption to protect itself from different PC security tools. The latter includes both the threat-analyzing utilities of many anti-malware companies, as well as some anti-malware tools intended to protect these companies' customers. PC researchers have gone so far as to identify the specific obfuscation technique in use, which appears to be a byproduct of the Zelix Klassmaster utility. Just like the rest of HEUR:Backdoor.Java.Agent.a, Zelix Klassmaster is based on Java, although it isn't necessarily threatening.
The use of Java HEUR:Backdoor.Java.Agent.a hardly is a random whim on the part of its coders, as malware researchers have been able to verify that HEUR:Backdoor.Java.Agent.a leverages this choice of platforms as a way of maximizing the compatibility of its attacks. HEUR:Backdoor.Java.Agent.a's primary claim to fame lies in its ability to infect Windows, Mac OS X and Linux-based computers equally. After HEUR:Backdoor.Java.Agent.a does so, HEUR:Backdoor.Java.Agent.a links your PC to a botnet that may instruct HEUR:Backdoor.Java.Agent.a to perform a range of harmful activities, primarily focused on DDoS attacks – attacks that flood an online service with artificial traffic until the service crashes.
Closing the Door that Opens Up the Possibility of Internet Slavery
The PCs victimized by HEUR:Backdoor.Java.Agent.a infections can be referred to as 'zombies,' a term arising from the centralized use of botnets to coordinate the actions of dozens, hundreds and even thousands of PCs simultaneously. In visual terms, symptoms of a HEUR:Backdoor.Java.Agent.a infection may be negligible, but its ability to allow criminals to control your PC directly is a security risk to deal without delay. Because of its harmony with diverse operating systems, HEUR:Backdoor.Java.Agent.a is a clear case of what may happen to any PC without anti-malware protection, regardless of the base OS in use.
HEUR:Backdoor.Java.Agent.a does include some anti-security features that are meant to block anti-malware tools from detecting or removing HEUR:Backdoor.Java.Agent.a. Combating these features may require that you update your anti-malware software, which malware experts recommend, regardless, as a matter of habit. A word also is worth mentioning on HEUR:Backdoor.Java.Agent.a's distribution strategies. The vulnerability that's used to install HEUR:Backdoor.Java.Agent.a, CVE-2013-2465, is a Java-based vulnerability that may bypass sandbox environments, and is another good reason why disabling Java by default may be in your best interests.
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