Trojan.Boupke.gen!A

Trojan.Boupke.gen!A is a malicious Trojan first released on October 7, 2008. This Trojan gains surreptitious access to users’ PCs with the express intention of allowing remote hackers complete access and control of the infected PC. This can lead to severe and dire consequences both for the system’s security and operation, as well as the user’s privacy. The activities the remote hackers will be able to perform on the infected PC will be limited by the logged on user’s privileges, but normally includes personal and sensitive data theft like financial info and usernames and passwords. Other malicious activities performed by Trojan.Boupke.gen!A’s developers range from installing keyloggers onto the system and using the system as part of a denial of service (DoS) attack and mass spamming campaigns.

If you are wondering how Trojan.Boupke.gen!A manages to enter your PC, there are various routes of infection this Trojan exploits in order to gain access to the system. The most popular of these infection tactics is to bundle itself together with other legitimate third party security downloads and updates. Other popular methods include attaching itself to email attachments and messages sent over instant-messaging networks, and suspect emails containing infected executable content, such as ActiveX controls.

Not only will Trojan.Boupke.gen!A connect to the Internet without the user’s permission, it will also download other malicious files from remote ftp and web servers, and also execute these malicious files on the system. This is all performed without the user’s knowledge or permission. It will also connect to the Internet in order to receive receive updates and instructions from its developers.

Trojan.Boupke.gen!A targets in particular targets Win32 platform applications, and operates well in different Win32-environments. It also operates under different names, such as Trojan.KernelBot.1.7372, Backdoor.Graybird and Win32/IRCBot.worm.variant.

When all is said and done the only way to regain control of your PC will be to destroy Trojan.Boupke.gen!A straight away. This is best achieved by making use of properly functioning security tools that will not only erase Trojan.Boupke.gen!A but also protect your PC against similar attacks in future.