What are Remote Administration Tools?
A Remote Administration Tool (known more commonly on the Internet as a RAT) is used to remotely connect and manage single or multiple computers with a variety of tools such as:
- Screen/camera capture and control.
- File management (download/upload/execute/etc.).
- Shell control (usually piped from command prompt).
- Computer control (power off/on/log off).
- Registry management (query/add/delete/modify).
- Other product specific function.
A remote administration tool is based on the server and client technology. The server part runs on a controlled computer and receives commands from the client, which is installed on other remote host. A remote administration tool works in background and hides from the user. The person who controls it can monitor user’s activity, manage files, install additional software, control the entire system including any present application or hardware device, modify essential system settings, turn off or restart a computer.
Remote administration tools are divided into malicious and legitimate applications. Parasitical RATs, also known as remote administration Trojans, are analogous to backdoors and have very similar functionality. However, they aren’t viral, do not propagate by themselves and usually do not have additional destructive functions or other dangerous payload. These parasites do not work on their own and must be controlled by the client.
List of Remote Administration Tools Parasites:
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» RemoteAdmin.NetCatRemoteAdmin.NetCat is a remote administration tool (RAT), which may be exploited by hackers for illegal monitoring and controlling other people's PCs. The hacker usually infects victim's PC via email or file sharing networks. Once RemoteAdmin.NetCat is executed, the hacker will get full control over ...
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» Backdoor.Netbus
BackdoorNetbus is malware and allows hacker's to access and control infected PC's from a remote location. This enables the hacker to steal your files, private information and data, damage installed programs and other malicious acts. This type of "application" is sometimes referred to as a Remote ...
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» Blue Adeptz
Blue Adeptz is a virus and RAT (Remote Administration Tool) application. A hacker infects the user's computer with a "server" program. Upon invading the user's system, a default port 6969 opens leaving the user's PC accessible to and at the mercy of the hacker. The application ...
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» NukeProtecter 1.0
NukeProtecter 1.0, also known as Backdoor.AntiNuke.10, is a Remote Administration Tool (RAT) which is a hacker's tool to gain remote access and control over the user's computer. The hacker infects the PC through e-mail or File and Print Sharing. NukeProtecter 1.0 has the malicious capabilities of ...
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» Preview Unlocked 1.0
Preview Unlocked 1.0 is a Remote Remote Administration Tool which is a specific type of hacker spyware that enables the hacker to gain remote access control over the user's PC. This is achieved by the hacker infecting the PC via e-mail or File and Print Sharing. ...
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» WinSpy
WinSpy is a keylogger that allows its users to monitor multiple computers on a network, whether the PCs are online or offline. WinSpy observes and records user activity, monitors network connections, logs keystrokes, takes regular screenshots, captures online chat conversations and pictures from a webcam, records e-mail ...
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» GlaceTrojan
Glace is a Trojan that allows an unauthorized user some remote control over ones PC. This may result in private personal information being stolen. The Glace Trojan has the basic common features which most Trojans of its kind exhibit – it can gain access to the ...
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» Fearless Lite
Fearless Lite is a backdoor Trojan that permits a hacker to record, install and save keystrokes of the user. Fearless Lite secretly installs itself to the user's PC and then downloads an even larger Trojan. The date of creation for this infection is November 2003 ...
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» Alien Spy
Alien Spy is a potent tool used by hackers to gain control of the user's computer. The RAT (Remote Administration Tool)application enables the hacker to infect the user’s PC with a "server" application through an e-mail or File and Print Sharing PC which they can control, ...
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» MIRC Orifice 3.1.1
MIRC Orifice 3.1.1 is a Remote Administration Tool (RAT) which is a tool used by hackers to gain remote access and control of the user's PC. The hacker will infect the user's computer through an e-mail or File and Print Sharing. A "server" is used ...
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