Back orifice
Sometimes abbreviated as BO, Back orifice is a Trojan horse program created by the hacker group 'Cult Dead Cow' that allows full access to the computer its installed onto. Therefore, a malicious user could delete files, change files, copy files, edit system settings and information, essentially be capable of doing almost everything remotely without most users knowing. In order to be infected with back orifice an executable file that secretly places the file on the computer must be run or the computer.
To determine if back orifice is present on a Windows computer open the windows command line and run the below command. If an up-to-date anti-virus program is installed, it should also be capable of detecting Back orifice.
netstat -a
If a local address has a port of 31337 it is likely that back orifice is present on your computer.
- Computer Hope will not supply any user with BO or any utility used to illegally obtain access to others computers. See the underground page for the reasons.
Also see: Security definitions, Spyware