Bt.ow/btg

Overview

Alias

BAT/BWG.500 Constructor [Eset], BAT/BWG.501 Constructor [Eset], Bat/Bwg.Kit [McAfee], Constructor.BAT.BWG.408 [Kaspersky], Constructor.BAT.BWG.501.a [Kaspersky], virus construction tool [F-Prot],

Category

Virus Creation Tool: A program designed to generate viruses. Even early virus creation tools were able to generate hundreds or thousands of different, functioning viruses, which were initially undetectable by current scanners.

Trojan: Any program with a hidden intent. Trojans are one of the leading causes of breaking into machines. If you pull down a program from a chat room, new group, or even from unsolicited e-mail, then the program is likely trojaned with some subversive purpose. The word Trojan can be used as a verb: To trojan a program is to add subversive functionality to an existing program. For example, a trojaned login program might be programmed to accept a certain password for any user's account that the hacker can use to log back into the system at any time. Rootkits often contain a suite of such trojaned programs.

Trojan Creation Tool: A program designed to create Trojans. Some of these tools merely wrap existing Trojans, to make them harder to detect. Others add a trojan to an existing product (such as RegEdit.exe), making it a Dropper.

Worm: A program that propagates itself by attacking other machines and copying itself to them. Both worms and viruses are self-replicating code that travels from machine to machine by various means. Both worms and viruses have, as their first objective, merely propagation. Both can be destructive, depending on what payload, if any, they have been given. But there are some differences: worms may replace files, but do not insert themselves into files. In contrast, viruses insert themselves in files, but do not replace them.

Origins

Date of Origin

September, 2002

Detection and Removal

Manual Removal

Follow these steps to remove Bt.ow/btg from your machine. Begin by backing up your registry and your system, and/or setting a Restore Point, to prevent trouble if you make a mistake.

Stop Running Processes:

Kill these running processes with Task Manager:

Remove Files:

Remove these files (if present) with Windows Explorer:

BruteForceDictionaryMaker1.0 BruteForceGen BrutusAET2 Bs2.dll Bs3.dll Bt.owbtg Btodd-Whitepaper Bubbles2 Bubonic.clameDoSagainstWindows2000machines BuddyLinks