Botnet C&CHW20161020
Description
This botnet is a type of malware bot that may perform many malicious tasks, such as downloading and executing additional malware, receiving commands from a control server and relaying specific information and telemetry back to the control server, updating or deleting itself, stealing login and password information, logging keystrokes, participating in a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, or locking and encrypting the contents of your computer and demanding payment for its safe return.
Symptoms
None
Analysis
A detailed analysis of this specific malware bot is not currently available. Fortinet's team of AV and bot analysts will update this page when a complete analysis is available.
Instructions
It is not recommended that any attempts to remove this malware be performed manually. Fortinet recommends that you remove this threat by running a complete scan of your system using FortiClient Endpoint Protection.
