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I found a worm on my USB (monero.town)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This is probably not the right community but I haven't found a better one.

So I watched a video from Seytonic where he mentiond that some malware creates a windows link with the name of the usb on a usb. So I checked my usb because I remembered that I had to click 2 times on my usb to opened it. I found a link that contained cmd.exe and a name of a file next to it. Upload to the virustotal showed Raspberry Roblin worm.

I use Linux but my familly uses windows so I will have to go through all familly computers and remove the worm. Where can I find info how to remove this specific worm - Raspberry Roblin? On google I found a description about how the worm works but not specific files it creates and how to remove it.

The first page that shows up is microsoft.com and it says that windows defender detects the worm, but clearly it doesnt.

Edit: The worm was on one computer and it did not have windows defender installed. Seems like malware removed it and also disabled automatic updates. I installed MalwareBytes and sucessfully removed the worm :)

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[–] [email protected] 109 points 9 months ago (12 children)

Here’s probably all the info you could ever need:

https://redcanary.com/blog/threat-intelligence/raspberry-robin/

Next, you need to get your systems scanned and cleaned. Malware bytes is likely enough, but I always recommend BitDefender. Their efficacy rates are always fantastic, and they have been leading the industry for several years now. Download the AV on a clean system, put on clean flash drive, and install that way.

Last, you’re gonna need to reset your passwords. Yes, I know that’s toxic af. But this is the reality and why we always need to be veeeery careful with what we do. This worm communicates with a c2 server which means it can update itself which makes detection hard, and it also means that, at one point it may have been spying on your activity (and it likely was if not continues to)

This stuff happens, don’t beat yourself up too much. Live and learn

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (11 children)

Thank you for the link, it will help for sure!

I (not me but my family) always used just default Windows Defender but I heard good things about Malware bytes and BitDefender, I'll checked them out.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (9 children)

Bitdefender usually goes on sale too - check for coupon codes, don't pay full price. Plus you get like 5 devices with your license IIRC. Worth a shot

[–] Outtatime 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Not sure if this is a good deal but I've bought a bunch of different things from this site and it's always legit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Never heard of this site and would not recommend people plug in their cc details here. Use at your own risk.

Further, these sites often buy cracked codes from people and that just fuels corporate layoffs and really just hurts the people who put the time and energy into making good products that actually work well and outperform others (like BitDefender)

BD also has an excellent research lab who contributes to the intel community frequently, which benefits everyone

Just my 2c. I don’t mind paying for things that work as advertised and are priced fairly.

[–] Outtatime 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Hey whatever you think man. I've used them all the time and it's always good for me. Just trying to help somebody get a good deal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Nbd, I know you were - was just pointing out potential harm that people may have otherwise not been aware of

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