From April 25, 2021, the malicious software Emotet was automatically removed from all Windows computers. This was done through a clearing facility that International Law Enforcement had installed on infected systems as early as January 2021.
The Emotet is a family of malware in the form of macros that infect email recipients with Trojans by sending seemingly authentic emails. When a recipient opens the email attachment, the malicious modules software they are loaded and running.
Emotet has been responsible for many hits attacks ransomware against companies, government agencies and organizations worldwide. Emotet was considered the most dangerous malware in the world and until recently infected a large number of systems of companies, authorities and institutions, in addition to the computers of hundreds of thousands of individuals.
Emotet's so-called "downloader" could infect victim systems and download additional malware to interfere with online banking transactions, copy stored passwords accesss or to encrypt the system for blackmail.
With access to Emotet Command & Control (C&C) servers in January 2021, law enforcement authorities were able to modify the malware loading feature, install their own drives on the victims' infected systems, and at the same time disable its functions. malware. Since then, victim systems have only been able to communicate with controlled C&C servers.
So the authorities added an uninstall script to the systems to automatically uninstall the Emotet malware from the infected systems on April 25, 2021. The script deleted all services related to Emotet.
