Malware Info: DeepThroat Trojan

Removing DeepThroat
Categories: Trojan,Spyware,Backdoor,RAT,Hacker Tool
This loose category includes a variety of Trojans that damage victim machines or
threaten data integrity, or impair the functioning of the victim machine.

Multi-purpose Trojans are also included in this group, as some virus writers
create multi-functional Trojans rather than Trojan packs.
Spyware programs can collect various types of personal information,
such as Internet surfing habit, sites that have been visited,
but can also interfere with user control of the computer in other ways,
such as installing additional software, redirecting Web browser activity,
accessing websites blindly that will cause more harmful viruses,
or diverting advertising revenue to a third party.
Backdoors combine the functionality of most other types of in one package.
Backdoors have one especially dangerous sub-class: variants that can propagate like worms.

Many trojans and backdoors now have remote administration capabilities
allowing an individual to control the victim's computer.
Many times a file called the server must be opened on the victim's computer before
the trojan can have access to it.

These are generally sent through email, P2P file sharing software,
and in internet downloads. They are usually disguised as a legitimate program or file.
Many server files will display a fake error message when opened, to make it seem like it didn't open.
Some will also kill antivirus and firewall software.

Some RAT trojans are pranks that are most likely being controlled by a friend or enemy on
April Fool's day or a holiday. Prank RATS are generally not harmful, and won't log keystrokes or hack.
They usually do whimsical things like flip the screen upside-down, open the CD-ROM tray,
and swap mouse buttons. However, they can be quite hard to remove.
Hacker Tools are designed to penetrate remote computers
in order to use them as zombies or to download other malicious programs to computer.

DeepThroat Also known as:


[Kaspersky]Backdoor.DeepThroat,Backdoor.DeepThroat.b,Backdoor.DeepThroat.e,TrojanDropper.Win32.Joiner.j,Backdoor.DeepThroat.c;
[McAfee]Throat,BackDoor-J,PWS-Y;
[F-Prot]destructive program,Deepthroat.E,Deepthroat.C;
[Panda]Trj/DeepThroat,Trj/DeepThroat.B,Bck/DeepThroat.E,Trj/W32.Joiner.J,Trj/DeepThroat.C.Cl;
[Computer Associates]Backdoor/DeepThroat!Server,Backdoor/DeepThroat.B,Win32.Deepthroat.2x,Backdoor/DeepThroat.E!Server,Win32.DeepThroat.31,Win32/Xcvbnm!Trojan,Backdoor/DeepThroat3_Client,Backdoor/DeepThroat3_Server,Win32.Deepthroat.30