Spyware Detail

Alias

contains Sphinx (non-working) [F-Prot]
GCAE.100.Demo.2520 [Kaspersky]
GCAE.2520 [F-Prot]
GCAE.2578 [Panda]
GCAE.dr [McAfee]
Generator.aaa [McAfee]
PolyEngineSGen.DOS.GCAE [Kaspersky]
Trj/GCAE-GEN.B [Panda]

Category

Trojan:  Any program with a hidden intent. Trojans are one of the leading causes of breaking into machines. If you pull down a program from a chat room, new group, or even from unsolicited e-mail, then the program is likely trojaned with some subversive purpose. The word Trojan can be used as a verb: To trojan a program is to add subversive functionality to an existing program. For example, a trojaned login program might be programmed to accept a certain password for any user's account that the hacker can use to log back into the system at any time. Rootkits often contain a suite of such trojaned programs.

Virus Creation Tool:  A program designed to generate viruses. Even early virus creation tools were able to generate hundreds or thousands of different, functioning viruses, which were initially undetectable by current scanners.

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