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In computing, a backdoor is a secret point of entry to a computer program or computer. Legitimate backdoors may be created by a system developer, but more commonly they are used by hackers for penetrating a computer over a network. The most popular method of establishing a backdoor to a computer is through the 'Backdoor Mail Spam' in which an unsolicited email is sent to a victim with a
backdoor program attached to it. This backdoor program will be disguised (a Trojan) pretending to be perhaps a computer game or a screensaver. Further, the email may pretend to originate from a trusted source, such as the mail program of the network or a well-known computer company. When the recipient executes the attachment, the backdoor program installs itself secretly onto the computer and monitors a predefined port on the network waiting to allow a hacker in 'through the back door'.
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In computing, a back door is a hole in the security of a system deliberately left in place by designers or maintainers. The motivation for this is not always sinister; some operating systems, for example, come out of the box with privileged accounts intended for use by field service technicians or the vendor's maintenance programmers. Historically, back doors have often lurked in systems longer than anyone expected or planned, and a few have become widely known. The infamous RTM worm of late 1988, for example, used a back door in the BSD UNIX 'sendmail(8)' utility.
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Back Door Setup is a network backdoor Trojan that communicates through port 5000.
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Back door is slang for the anus.
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Back door man is slang for a woman's secret lover, an adulterer.
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Back door trots is slang for diarrhoea.
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