Mirai Botnet : A Complete Removal Tutorial

 

In this section, you get to know about complete instructions for the deletion of Mirai Botnet from the infected Operating System.

Threat Details

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A Short Description On Mirai Botnet

Mirai Botnet is a nasty cyber threat which was first spotted on August 2016 by whitehat malware research group named MalwareMustDie who classified it under the Trojans category. It can pollute many types of Windows-based computer system like 7, Win 32/64, 8.1, XP, 10, Vista, 8, etc and several very popular Web Search Engine Browser like Opera, Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, Safari, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, etc. It is suspicious malware which mainly focuses on the misusing the vulnerabilities on Internet Of Things devices for scanning some unsecured DVRs, CC cameras,  wireless door openers, routers, smoke detectors, etc which runs on Linux Operating System. The main motive of this malware threat is to create a worldwide botnet that hosted DDOS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks on the web sites, large organizations and Internet infrastructures such as Security website Krebs, Cloud computing company OVH, DNS provider Dyn.

Assets Of Mirai Botnet

Mirai Botnet is a malicious malware threat in which Mirai signifies for Future in the Japanese language. It can very quietly get intruded into the compromised Operating System by using any kind of spreading technique such as software bundling method, hacked executable files, online gaming server, click commercial ads embedded malicious codes, pornographic or adult sites, reading junked e-mail attachments, download free things from untrusted websites, untrustworthy third party software down-loader, fake software updater, corrupted external drives, email spam campaigns, fake invoices, untrustworthy downloading sources, clicking suspicious pop-up ads, peer to peer file sharing network, free file hosting websites and many others. The main intention behind the designing of such malicious threat by the cybercriminals is to extract some illegal online profitable revenue from the victim of the affected computer system.

 

Harmful Properties Of Mirai Botnet

Mirai Botnet is a dangerous threat which is expert at gaining lots of profit from the users of the infected computer system. It can stop the working operations of the security measures such as firewall protection and anti-virus programs of the contaminated PC. It may even decrease the overall system speed as well as the performances of the deceived machines. 

How To Terminate Mirai Botnet

If you feel that your computer got contaminated with Mirai Botnet. Therefore it is advisable to terminate such malware by using either manual or automatic removal methods.

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Steps to Delete Mirai Botnet

Step: 1 Restart your Windows PC in Safe Mode

Find the complete details on how to Reboot your PC in Safe Mode (if you are a novice, follow the above given instructions on how to boot up your PC in Safe mode irrespective of the Windows Version that is being used as Windows XP, 7, Win 8, 8.1 and Windows 10)

Step:2 Remove Mirai Botnet from Task Manager

Press CTRL+ALT+DEL simulataneously to open Task manager. Find Mirai Botnet Related processes or any other suspicious processes that are running on it. Now Select and delete Mirai Botnet virus from Task Manager at once.

Step:3 How to Delete Mirai Botnet Related Startup Items

Press Win + R together and Type “msconfig”.

Now press Enter Key or Select OK.

“Startup” option is to be selected on the Pop-up Window Tab

Now Search for Mirai Botnet Related applications on Startup Items

Now Uncheck all Unknown or Suspicious items from “System Configuration” related to Mirai Botnet

Now Click and Select Restart to Start your Computer in Normal Mode

Step: 4 How to Delete Mirai Botnet from Windows Registry

1. Press Win + R in combination to Open Run Box, Type regedit on the search box and press enter.
2. This will Open the registry entries.
3. Find Mirai Botnet related entries from the list and carefully delete it. However be careful and do not delete any other entries as this could severely damage the Windows Component.

Also, after completing the above steps, it is important to search for any folders and files that has been created by Mirai Botnet and if found must be deleted.

Step 5 How to View Hidden Files and Folders Created by Mirai Botnet

1. Click on the Start Menu
2. Go to Control Panel, and Search for folder Options
3. Click on view hidden files and folders Options, For your convenience, we have included complete process on how to unhide files on all Windows Version. This will delete all the files and folders associated with Mirai Botnet that was existing on your compromised system.

Still, if you are unable to get rid of Mirai Botnet using manual steps, you need to scan your PC to detect Mirai Botnet.

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