Back orifice
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| developer | Sir Dystic (CDC) |
| Current version | 1.20 (August 3, 1998) |
| operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| category | Remote maintenance / backdoor |
| License | Freeware |
| German speaking | No |
| cultdeadcow.com/tools/bo.html | |
Back Orifice (often abbreviated to BO ) is a remote maintenance tool for Microsoft Windows .
It was developed by the hacker group Cult of the Dead Cow, founded in 1984, and distributed from 1998 . Because it is used in a hidden way and its program name can be chosen at will, it is often used as an illegal backdoor program. A symbol does not indicate that the program is running, nor does it appear in the task list. It is also (not exactly aptly) a Trojan horse . As soon as Back Orifice is installed on a “remote maintenance” (or attacked) computer, the “remote maintenance technician” (or attacker) can take control of this computer unnoticed via the Internet or the local network. Since the program does not show its existence and, above all, its execution, the user of the remotely maintained (remote-controlled) PC has no knowledge of the access. This is why most antivirus programs also recognize Back Orifice as malware .
His name, which translates as "rear body opening", is a parody of the Microsoft product line " Back Office ", which is no longer offered under this name .
Using Back Orifice, you can do the following on a remote computer:
- Delete, upload and download files
- Run programs
- Change configurations
- Take control of the mouse and keyboard
- Read keystrokes
- "Photograph" the screen content and forward it
- Carry out actions such as restarting the computer, displaying any dialog box, switching the camera on or off and opening the CD-ROM drive