Back Orifice Solution Attempts, Warning Pages, and Removal Help

AOL.com - a user's page with warnings about BO, and links. http://members.aol.com/rtaylor593/bo/warning.htm

Anti Back Orifice - A page in Spanish with a program called antibo.exe available for download. http://members.xoom.com/antiBO/

AntiGen - A remover/cleaner from Fresh Software. http://www.arez.com/fs/antigen/index.html

Back Orifice Detection and Removal - A page with a cgi script that purportedly scans the port you specify, for the presence of BO. Also some downloads - NoBO packet sniffer, AntiGen, and Back Orifice Eliminator. http://www.mxs.speedhost.com/botest/

Back Officer Friendly - A BO server spoofing tool that doesn't appear to get rid of or detect Back Orifice, but tries to detect incoming scan attempts. http://www.nfr.com/products/bof/

Back Orifice Elimination Kit - They sell software that is supposed to remove Back Orifice. http://www.inter-fear.demon.co.uk/

Back Orifice Eliminator - For some reason there are versions here for the Amiga, PC, Mac, and OS/2. Hrm. http://www.clubbyte.com/boe/

Back Orifice Exploit Removal - A FAQ about registr entries, with a simple version and a version for advanced users. http://www.madriver.com/users/howard/index.htm

Back Orifice Freeze - Listens for Back Orifice packets. Program, info on it, links to mirrors. http://members.xoom.com/wzc/bof/

Back Orifice is No Game - A page of warnings about BO. http://www.ewebs.com/bo/

Back Orifice Plug - by Chris. http://tech.simplenet.com/software/boplug/

Back Orifice Remover - SmokeSoft's removal attempt, offered on ZDNET UK's site for download. http://www.zdnet.co.uk/software/downloads/free/utilities/security/sw14.html

Back Orifice Spy - Claims to monitor what an intruder using BO is doing on your system; listens to port 31337; lets you send a message to the intruder. http://www.angelfire.com/id/chaplincorp/

Back Orifice Tools - A collection of BO removers and sniffers. http://members.xoom.com/botools/

BOClean - by Privacy Software Corporation. Info on BO and what it can do; a page of info on why you should buy BOClean. Extensive info (worth a look) on ways they have found to get their officemates to install BO (text files, files with .gif as the extension, etc) and info on plugins, and how they work. http://www.nsclean.com/ and http://www.nsclean.com/boclean.html

BODetect - CBSoft's program and FAQ. http://www.spiritone.com/~cbenson/current_projects/backorifice/backorifice.htm

BoShield - by SG1.net. An info page, http://www.sg1.net/security/bo.htm, and a software page, http://www.sg1.net/security/boshield.htm

Commodon.com - Info on what BO is, and how to remove it in registry. http://www.commodon.com/threat-bo.htm

CMU - Centra Michigan University's Asset Management Security page on BO. Info on what it is, how to look for it in your registry, and info on what it does. http://assets.oit.cmich.edu/security/bo.htm

DataFellows - F-Secure Anti-Virus tool. http://www.datafellows.com/news/pr/eng/fsav/19980807.htm

DDS.nl - Info on English and Dutch on how to detect and remove BO. http://huizen.dds.nl/~glage/backorifice/

Deltasitez - Info on how BO works, info on some of its plugins, and how to look for it. http://members.tripod.com/deltasitez/remove.html

DeOrifice - download available, shareware $20. And a press release. http://www.ria.com/download_e.html and http://www.ria.com/news_e.html#BO

DigiFriends - An article on Trojan Horses, Back Orifice, and Netbus. Detailed tips on finding out if you are infected. http://www.digifriends.com/dffocus/trojan_horses.shtml

FreeTips.Com - Back Orifice removal instructions, using system registry modifications. http://www.freetips.com/boserve.html

Frozen.nu - Links, info on removing Back Orifice, a messageboard. http://www.frozen.nu/

GroupAxion - Back OrifiX - page in French and English. Download available. And a press release. http://www.groupaxion.com/BOrifix/index.html

The Guide - Info on what BO is, a BO Detect set of files that can be downloaded. http://guide.vsnl.net.in/tcpip/columns/bo/

Harmless Strategies - A few programs (Cleaner, AniGen, InControl3) that are supposed to help with BO and programs like it. http://harmless.cybertip.com/cleaner.htm

IRCHelp.Org - Info on what Back Orifice is, how to find out if you have it, how it is spread using IRC. http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/security/bo.html

Jammer - Another program purporting to stop BO. http://jammer.comset.net/index.html

Lockdown 2000 - Harbor Telco's antivirus software. Their page on BO has info on what trojans are, how you can get them, and a screen shot of the BO client. http://www.lockdown2000.com/bo.html

NoBackO - a page in French, with a sniffer. http://www.multimania.com/nobacko/

NOBO - A page in Portuguese, with a downloadable program. http://web.cip.com.br/nobo/

Ozemail.com.au - Links to Back Orifice cleaners and detectors. http://www.ozemail.com.au/~newnews/bo.htm

Panda Antivirus - in Spanish (El Culto a la Vaca Muerta). Download available. http://www.pandasoftware.com/081298np.htm

PCHelp - Probably the first detailed page on Back Orifice, what it is, what it does, and ways to try to remove it. Also a completely wrong page about supposed secret client hidden transmissions out to netninja.com. http://www.nwinternet.com/~pchelp/bo/bo.html

PCHell - Back Orifice detection and removal instructions. http://www.pchell.com/internet/boserve.html

The Plugger - A freeware program that supposedly finds and removes BO. http://bradley.callis.com/

Schippers.Net - Programs include cleaner14.zip, buttsniffer, boclean, boremover, and boscan.zip. http://www.schippers.net/schippers.html

Sinnerz.Com - Toilet Paper. Download available. http://www.sinnerz.com/tp.html

SmokeSoft - A Back Orifice remover.

Symantec - Symantec's page on what Back Orifice is, and how to clean it out. http://www-cu.symantec.com/avcenter/backorifice.html

3dpalette.com - Info on various Back Orifice removal programs, and virus warnings about servers posing as removers. http://gshark.3dpalette.com/bonews.htm

3dpalette.com - A tutorial by Doug Schramm on how to remove Back Orifice. http://gshark.3dpalette.com/BO.htm

Tig.com.au - Back Orifice removal, detection, and info on the program's capabilities and dangers. http://homepages.tig.com.au/~warrend/pixieonly/backorifice/index.html

TrendMicro - Antivirus.com's page on TrendMicro's Back Orifice solution. Use HouseCall on antivirus.com to scan for "virus pattern files". http://www.antivirus.com/corporate/media/1998/pr080798.htm

Tripod - An info page on what BO is, where to find it, and links to some resources. http://members.tripod.com/~HomoCyberianX/bo/bo.htm

Troguard - Norman Data Defense Systems' program to fix BO. http://www.norman.com.au/update.htm#Back Orifice cleaner

ZDNet - RealVideo with Symantec's Steve Trilling, trying to explain how to get rid of BO. http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/answerstips/story/0,3656,2147840,00.html


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