Trojan.DNSChanger.ACMB2
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Short bio
Trojan.DNSChanger.ACMB2 is Malwarebytes’ generic detection name for changes made by a type of Trojanon users’ DNS settings on affected Windows systems.
Type of infection
The changes made by the DNS-changing malware can be found in the registry values called NameServer under the keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesTcpipParametersInterfaces{GUID of the interface}
and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesTcpipParameters
Protection
Malwarebytes blocks Trojan.DNSChanger
Home remediation
You can use the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Nebula console to scan endpoints.
Nebula endpoint tasks menu
Choose the Scan + Quarantine option. Afterwards you can check the Detections pageto see which threats were found.
On the Quarantine pageyou can see which threats were quarantined and restore them if necessary.