Worm.Qakbot
Short bio
Worm.Qakbot is Malwarebytes' detection name for a family of wormsthat can spread through network shares and removable drives.
Type and source of infection
Worm.Qakbot gathers information about the affected system and also installs a backdoor, mostly to be used by banking Trojans.Worm.Qakbot is usually installed by exploit kits.
Protection
Malwarebytes blocks Worm.Qakbot
Home remediation
Malwarebytes can detect and remove Worm.Qakbot without further user interaction.
- Please download Malwarebytesto your desktop.
- Double-click MBSetup.exeand follow the prompts to install the program.
- When your Malwarebytes for Windowsinstallation completes, the program opens to the Welcome to Malwarebytes screen.
- Click on the Get started button.
- Click Scan to start a Threat Scan.
- Click Quarantineto remove the found threats.
- Reboot the system if prompted to complete the removal process.
Business remediation
How to remove Worm.Qakbot with the Malwarebytes Nebula console
You can use the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Nebula console to scan endpoints.
Nebula endpoint tasks menu
On the Quarantine pageyou can see which threats were quarantined and restore them if necessary.
Associated threats
- Backdoor.Qakbot
- Worm.Qakbot.Generic
- Worm.Qakbot.TskLnk