Guide To Delete Amnesia Botnet Easily (Remove Malware Virus)

Virus Name:	Amnesia Botnet
Virus Type:	Trojan, Crypto-miner, Malware
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This post is all about a new strain of System malware named Amnesia Botnet that mainly target the digital video recorder means DVRs and turn them into the botnet slaves. To get detailed information of this botnet and step-by-step deletion solution of Amnesia Botnet, go through this expert guidelines completely.

 

All About Amnesia Botnet

Amnesia Botnet is identified as a variant of the Tsunami and classified as a malicious threat to the IoT networks. First of all, it was discovered in the March 2016 but these days, it attracts user attention too much. It has ability to check whether Linux environment that it inhabits is actually a virtual machine or not. After the in-depth analysis on its sample, experts revealed that it can infect Windows OS but first of all it attacks on Linux. The most interesting thing of this Botnet is that it deletes all data stored on targeted machine if it detects the markers and the debugging tool of executing virtual machine.

Unique Facts of Amnesia Botnet

• It is the first virus that infects Linux by adopting the VM (virtual machine) evasion tactic.
• It is capable to defeat the environment of sandbox.
• Affects the sandbox server or cloud service by checking whether it is executing in the virtualized environment or not.
• It contains malicious code that allow the Amnesia Botnet engine to delete restrictions for several restrictions including TCP memory buffer, local port range, Files handles/descriptors amount, TCP send as well as receive buffer and many more.
• The in-built flood command of Amnesia Botnet spoof the 48 user agents and 3 different HTTP referrer values.
• Directly exploits the Computer vulnerabilities and many more.

Amnesia Botnet Is Mainly Designed To Infect Digital Video Recorders

The aim of Amnesia Botnet is to mainly infect the Digital Video Recorder manufacturer known as TVT Digital that supplies the hardware to more than 70 vendors across the global world. It is capable to exploit the vulnerabilities in devices firmware made by the TVT digital to install itself and after that empower 3rd-parties to launch DDoS attack. By exploiting the network bandwidth of targeted machine, it executes DDoS attack on several platforms.

Reasons For Programming Amnesia Botnet

Amnesia Botnet is mainly programmed to save and execute the shell script on infected host and allow hackers for unauthorized access. It is re-purposes to listen then instructions from C&C servers operated by such a botnetdeveloper. It is also known for sending the torrent of data requests via UDP and HTTP flooding. Being a member of botnet, it causes lots of serious system related security issues. This is why, deletion of Amnesia Botnet from targeted machine is highly recommended.

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Steps to Remove Amnesia Botnet

Step 1>> How to Boot Windows in Safe Mode to isolate Amnesia Botnet

Step 2>> How to View Hidden Files created by Amnesia Botnet

for Windows XP

• Exit all Program and Go to Desktop
• Select My Computer icon and Double Click to Open it
• Click on the Tools Menu and now select and Click on Folder Options.
• Select on View Tab that appears in New Window.
• Check mark on the box next to Dispaly the Contents of System Folders
• Now Check the box in order to Show Hidden Files and Folders
• Now press on Apply and OK to close the Window.
• As soon as these steps are performed, you can view the files and folders that were created by Amnesia Botnet and hidden till now.

for Windows Vista

• Minimize all Window and Go to Desktop
• Click on the Start Button which can be found in lower lef Corner having Windows Logo
• Click on the Control Panel on the Menu and Open it
• Control Panel can be opened in Classic View or Control Panel Home View.
• If you have Selected Classic View, follow this
• Double Click on the Folder icon to open it
• Now select the view tab
• Click on Option to Show Hidden Files or Folders
• If you have Selected Control Panel Home View, follow this
• Appearance and Personalization link is to be Clicked
• Select on Show Hidden Files or Folders
• Press Apply Option and then Click on OK.

This will Show all the Folders including those created by Amnesia Botnet

Know how to view Hidden Folders on Windows 7, Win 8 and Windows 10

(Following the above steps are necessary to view all the files created by Amnesia Botnet and that is known to exist on Compromised PC.)

• Open the Run Box by holding together the Start Key and R.

• Now Type and input appwiz.cpl and press on OK
• This will take you to the Control Panel, Now Search for Suspicious programs or any entries related to Amnesia Botnet. Unistall it once if you happen to find it. However be sure not to Uninstall any other program from the list.
• In the Search Field, Type msconfig and press on Enter, this will pop-up a Window

In the Startup Menu, Uncheck all the Amnesia Botnet related entries or which are Unknown as Manufacturer.

Step 3>> Open the Run Box by Pressing Start Key and R in Combination

1. Copy + Paste the following Command as
2. notepad %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/hosts and press on OK
3. This will Open a new file. If your system has been hacked by Amnesia Botnet, certain IP’s will be displayed which can be found in the bottom of the screen.

Look for the suspicious IP that is present in your Localhost

Step 4>> How to Terminate Amnesia Botnet Running Processes

• Go the Processes Tab by pressing on CTRL+SHIFT+ESC Keys Together.
• Look for the Amnesia Botnet Running Processes.
• Right Click on Amnesia Botnet and End the Process.

Step 5>> How to Remove Amnesia Botnet Related Registry Entries

• Open Registry by Typing Regedit in the Run box and Hit Enter Key

• This will open all the list of entries.
• Now Find and search the entries created by Amnesia Botnet and cautiously delete it.
• Alternatively, you can manually search for it in the list to delete Amnesia Botnet Manually.

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