| Port No | 61115 |
| Service Name | Backdoor.Protoss |
| RFC Doc | 0 |
| Protocol | TCP |
| Description | This is the detection for all known components of the Protoss backdoor malware. This backdoor enables a remote user to access and manipulate a target machine. It has a client and a server component.
The server side installs on the target machine and resides in memory. Once active, this Windows executable opens TCP port 1115 on the system. Through this port, it receives commands from its client counterpart. This backdoor malware can be used to steal files and passwords from compromised machines. |
| Reference Link | Backdoor.Protoss |
| Attack | Solution: This procedure terminates the running malware process from memory. You will need the name(s) of the file(s) detected earlier. Open Windows Task Manager. On Windows 9x/ME systems, press CTRL+ALT+DELETE On Windows NT/2000/XP systems, press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC, and click the Processes tab. In the list of running programs*, locate the malware file or files detected earlier. Select one of the detected files, then press either the End Task or the End Process button, depending on the version of Windows on your system. Do the same for all detected malware files in the list of running processes. To check if the malware process has been terminated, close Task Manager, and then open it again. Close Task Manager. *NOTE: On systems running Windows 9x/ME, Task Manager may not show certain processes. You may use a third party process viewer to terminate the malware process. Otherwise, continue with the next procedure, noting additional instructions |
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