BACKDOOR.INI ? ? ? It scares me..

[Guest]

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What's the deal with this backdoor.ini file? I know alot of people seem
to be talking about it, I myself have found it on my Win 98 system and
it scared the hell out of me. But I have come to find out that this
file has something to do with my HP printer. Now what is HP up to? Or
at least does HP think it is funny naming a file backdoor? I wonder
what that file really does when it resides on your system with your HP
Printer??? anyone know?
bob

 

[Guest]

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<psone_29@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1112665893.923238.305860@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> What's the deal with this backdoor.ini file? I know alot of people seem
> to be talking about it, I myself have found it on my Win 98 system and
> it scared the hell out of me. But I have come to find out that this
> file has something to do with my HP printer.

What indication do you have that this is related to HP? A google search
suggests this file is related to a virus infection on your computer. I have
numerous HP drivers on my system and no sign of backdoor.ini.

- Bob Headrick, not speaking for my employer HP

 

[Jim]

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<psone_29@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1112665893.923238.305860@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> What's the deal with this backdoor.ini file? I know alot of people seem
> to be talking about it, I myself have found it on my Win 98 system and
> it scared the hell out of me. But I have come to find out that this
> file has something to do with my HP printer. Now what is HP up to? Or
> at least does HP think it is funny naming a file backdoor? I wonder
> what that file really does when it resides on your system with your HP
> Printer??? anyone know?
> bob
>
Please tell us what this file contains... The name by itself means nothing.
The ini files are supposed to be text files which some program uses to get
its default settings.
Since I no longer own an HP printer, I can't say whether I have (or ever
had) this file on my Windows XP system.
Jim

 

[Dave]

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On 4 Apr 2005 18:51:33 -0700, psone_29@yahoo.com wrote:

>backdoor? I wonder
>what that file really does when it resides on your system with your HP
>Printer??? anyone know?

I did a google on it and seems as though a lot of people are asking
the same but no one seems to know. All I know is that the name
"Backdoor" is associated with a lot of Trojans and Viruses out there
so if HP is naming one of their "legit" files by the same name as
known Trojans and viruses, then they must be as stupid as Canon is and
they're pretty stupid (another story).

Rename that file to backdoor.bak and see if anything goes south
because the file is missing.

Regards,
DW

 

[frederick]

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Dave wrote:
> On 4 Apr 2005 18:51:33 -0700, psone_29@yahoo.com wrote:
>
>
>>backdoor? I wonder
>>what that file really does when it resides on your system with your HP
>>Printer??? anyone know?
>
>
> I did a google on it and seems as though a lot of people are asking
> the same but no one seems to know. All I know is that the name
> "Backdoor" is associated with a lot of Trojans and Viruses out there
> so if HP is naming one of their "legit" files by the same name as
> known Trojans and viruses, then they must be as stupid as Canon is and
> they're pretty stupid (another story).
>
> Rename that file to backdoor.bak and see if anything goes south
> because the file is missing.
>
> Regards,
> DW
Rename the file to backdoor.bak. Create a new blank text file, name
that backdoor.ini, put it in the same folder that the original
backdoor.ini was, set the attributes to read only, then see if anything
goes south. Programs that use ini files usually don't check for
existence of "their own" ini file, and if they attempt to write to a
file that doesn't exist anymore, they will simply create a new file.
However, attempting to write to a read only file should create an error.
Alternatively - get some virus protection, adaware, and spybot search &
destroy.

"Backweb" is a similarly stupidly named utility - of very dubious value,
on Compaq machines.

 

[Guest]

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On 4 Apr 2005 18:51:33 -0700, psone_29@yahoo.com wrote:

>What's the deal with this backdoor.ini file? I know alot of people seem
>to be talking about it, I myself have found it on my Win 98 system and
>it scared the hell out of me. But I have come to find out that this
>file has something to do with my HP printer. Now what is HP up to? Or
>at least does HP think it is funny naming a file backdoor? I wonder
>what that file really does when it resides on your system with your HP
>Printer??? anyone know?
>bob

According to the eTrust Spyware Encyclopaedia this is a component of
the ICMP Bomber Trojan.

You can find the article here:

http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/pest/pest.aspx?id=2776

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