Ramnit is a computer worm affecting Windows users. It was estimated that it infected 800 000 Windows PCs between September and December 2011. [1] The Ramnit botnet was dismantled by Europol and Symantec in 2015. [2] At its peak in 2015, Ramnit was estimated to have infected 3,200,000 PCs. [3] Ramnit infects removable media such as USB drives and also hides itself within the master boot record. [4] [5] As soon as it infects a computer, it copies itself to all attached and removable drives. It also searches and infects files with the extensions .exe, .dll, .htm and .html.
Ramnit is a computer worm affecting Windows users. It was estimated that it infected 800 000 Windows PCs between September and December 2011. [1] The Ramnit botnet was dismantled by Europol and Symantec in 2015. [2] At its peak in 2015, Ramnit was estimated to have infected 3,200,000 PCs. [3] Ramnit infects removable media such as USB drives and also hides itself within the master boot record. [4] [5] As soon as it infects a computer, it copies itself to all attached and removable drives. It also searches and infects files with the extensions .exe, .dll, .htm and .html.