So far, I have found out the following:
Created: August 17, 1999
Modified: September 17, 1999
Variants: 1 - Dead Bolt 4
Effect: Locks up the users system potentially beyond repair.
Terry
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Subject: RE: Waa Off Topic... But seriously need help! :P
> Hi Jason -
> Well, I deal with tracking down viruses and trojans all day long,
> and this one pretty much stumped me, so you're not alone in having
> difficulty. None of the major anti-virus vendors seem to have Deadbolt in
> their encyclopedias, as you hopefully already know. I did end up finding a
> few references to the trojan, though none of them particularly
informative.
> The following came the closest to being helpful:
>
> http://www.moosoft.com/deadbolt.php
>
>
> These links made mention of the trojan, but provided no details that I
could
> find. You may want to try digging further on these sites:
> http://www.ets.it/lockdown/us/trojansdetected.html
> http://www.nohack.net/cleaner.html
> http://www.ge.infn.it/~bianconi/virus/avp/avp20000609.htm
> But checking out Kaspersky's AVP.com (the parent of the above-linked
> newsletter), produced no references to deadbolt or Dead Bolt
>
>
> hope that helps...
>
> Regards -
>
> Melissa
>
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> Melissa McPherson, PhD
> Manager for Intelligence Collection
> Infrastructure Defense, Inc.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Burton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 11:59 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Waa Off Topic... But seriously need help! :P
>
>
> Hello there,
>
> I need some information on a trojan horse. Doing a research project for
> school.
>
> Information I need:
>
>
> Trojan - W32/Deadbolt.Trojan
>
> What is the payload of this virus/trojan?
>
> How can this virus/trojan be removed?
>
> What does this virus/trojan do?
>
> When was this virus/trojan created or known to the public?
>
>
>
> If possible that would assist me greatly.. I've looked everywhere , cant
> find anything...
> Or provide links that I could obtain the information from.
>
> :)
>
> Jason Burton
> IT Consultant
> RHI Consulting <www.rhic.com>
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