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Backdoor ML

Date Published:
Thursday, August 13, 2009

Threat Assessment

Overall Risk: Medium
Privacy: Medium
Productivity: Medium
System Integrity: Medium

Description


Category

Backdoor:  A secret or undocumented means of getting into a computer system, or software that uses such a means to penetrate a system. Some software has a backdoor placed by the programmer to allow them to gain access to troubleshoot or change the program. Software that is classified as a "backdoor" is designed to exploit a vulnerability in a system, and open it to future access by an attacker.



Immediate Protection Info

 
DAT Release Product DAT Version
OriginalCA Antispyware v9
08 19 2009
LatestCA Antispyware v9
11 09 2009
 


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