ðWhat
is a Trojan/Backdoor ?
A trojan
is a program which claims to do something or have a specific useful
function, but once executed it does something completely different.
An analogy to the Greek TrojanHorse.
Trojan horses are widely spread and allow total control of a remote
Pc, enabling the attacker to perform actions even a normal physical
present could not to.
Among those feature figure :
- Get Dial-up/ICQ/Web passwords.
- Impersonate persons on ICQ by stealing the ICQ Password.
- Sniffing of sensible date such as Credit Card Numbers.
- Relaying
Spam, or E-mail Bombs through the PC of the user thus leaving
the users IP address and all data as a trace.
A backdoor has similar functions as the TrojanHorse has, with
a single difference, it does not claim to do anything else then it
really does.
ðIn
what way does this concern myself ?
You might feel
save and think that the ISP has to ensure your security while being
connected to the Internet. You are wrong, as in every day life the
user himself has to ensure a minimum of security.
Trojans and Backdoors ARE NOT as one might believe reserved
for knowledgeable "hackers"; a small minority.
In fact every 12 year old kid can send you such a program and take
over your whole PC, or a Family member or relative might spy on you
with ease.
The makers of TROJAN HORSES themselves are KIDS, we are in possession
of a backdoor coded by a 13 year old kid. One might ask himself
why on an OS like Microsoft Windows a 13 year old Kid can breach all
security measures there might be with ease.
Who to blame ? The 13 year old Kid ?
You are not, as
a reference let take the 13 year old kid who programmed a backdoor
and published it on the Internet. Antivirus
programmers will pick it up and generate a unique fingerprint
for this file, this means it does only recognize this and only this
version of the program. The 13 year old kid (or any other person)
just has to change one byte of code and the fingerprint used to recognized
the backdoor is simply useless.
ðWhat
is so special about Purge-it! ?
Purge-It! is
different it does not rely on fingerprints nor any other methods
automatically detecting the Malware (apart from Run
Service Key checking). So why do I need it ? Well Purge-It! gives
you perfect control over your system, SEE what programs are running
in the background, CLOSE or DELETE the, SEE which port are open.
Have total control over ALL Autostart up methods those Trojans and
Backdoors used, even over those UNKNOWN at this time!
Purge-It! heavily resides on the capability of the End-user. In order
to deploy Purge-It! at its full strength the user needs to know at
least the basics. Its up to the End-User to develop generic methods
at monitoring the integrity of their system. Antivirus Software relies
on Fingerprints which is inadequate for today's hacker tools. Those
fingerprints are easily changeable/modifiable and your Antivirus Software
will not react.
This is where Purge-It! comes into play. Purge-it! allows the End-User
to take a look inside his System, see what Programs are running, which
Ports are open. HIMSELF does choose what happens to his system, and
can clean himself from various Malware such as Backdoor, Trojans and
Spyware.
