System information

28 Kaspersky Internet Security 2009
TYPE
NAME
DESCRIPTION
Flooders
Programs used for
flooding networks
They send a great number of messages via
network channels, including, for example,
internet relay chat channels.
However, this category of malware does
not include programs which flood e-mail
traffic, or IM and SMS channels, which are
separately classified in the table below
(Email-Flooder, IM-Flooder and SMS-
Flooder).
HackTools
Hacking Tools
Hacking tools are used to hack computers
on which they are installed, or to arrange
attacks on another computer. Such attacks
include: creating new system user
accounts without permission, or clearing
the system logs to conceal any traces of
the new user’s presence in the system.
They include some sniffers which perform
malicious functions, for example,
intercepting passwords. Sniffers are
programs which allow the examination of
network traffic.
not-
virus:Hoax
Hoax programs
These programs scare the user with virus-
like messages: they can "detect" a virus in
a clean file, or display a message about
disk formatting which will not take place.
Spoofers
Spoofers
These programs send messages and
network request with a fake sender's
address. Intruders use spoofers in order,
for example, to pretend to be a legitimate
sender.
VirTools
They are tools
used to create
modifications of
malware programs
They make it possible to modify other
malware programs in order to hide them
from anti-virus applications.