Worm.Qakbot
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Short bio
Worm.Qakbot is Malwarebytes’ detection name for a family of wormsthat can spread through network shares and removable drives.
Type 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
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.
Associated threats
- Backdoor.Qakbot
- Worm.Qakbot.Generic
- Worm.Qakbot.TskLnk