Win32.Shadow Trojan
Title: Win32.Shadow
Also Known as: Win32.Shadow, Win32Shadow, Shadow
Severity scale:
This dangerous program, Win32.Shadow, has a variety of functions depending on the needs of the attacker. It can be an e-mail flooder, which means it will clog a network or your PC by sending out massive quantities of e-mails.
You can also find it spamming from your PC. It is able to do this by gaining secret access and then will use your account to send out spam e-mails to countless unsuspecting users. It is also a backdoor so if entry is gained, it will open up a port on your PC and leave you vulnerable to other malicious attacks.
AKA:
Spammer:Win32.Shadow
Email-Flooder.Win32.Shadow
Backdoor.Win32.Shadow.d
BDS/Shadow.D.1
Win32.Shadow.aa
Win32/Shadow.G
Troj/Shadow-D
Backdoor.Shadow.D
BKDR_SHADOW.D
Win32/Shadow.D
Shadow.D Backdoor
Threat type:
Backdoor Trojan
Related Files:
N/A
Category:
Trojan
Recommended Action:
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