Spyware Detail

Summary

Allows a computer desktop to be accessed remotely using a VNC viewer.

Vendor Description

from the doc:"VNC stands for Virtual Network Computing. It is, in essence, a remote display system which allows you to view a computing 'desktop' environment not only on the machine where it is running, but from anywhere on the Internet and from a wide variety of machine architectures. "

Category

Commercial RAT:  Any commercial product that is normally used for remote administration, but which might be exploited to do this without user consent or awareness.



Reasons For Retention

VNC is a non-malicious Remote Access Tool, that can be uninstalled using Add/Remove Programs. It is a useful application with many valid purposes, however trojans exist which utilize VNC's code base. Such malware may covertly install VNC and automatically configure the VNC server password, that can be used by an attacker as a backdoor into the system.

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