Tech News Desk – The Indian government is constantly trying to find solutions to avoid this problem. Continuing this trend, the Indian government recently added a free botnet detection and removal tool under its ‘Cyber Cleanliness Centre’. It is called Botnet Cleaning and Malware Analysis Center. It is part of the Digital India initiative of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity). It aims to create a safer cyberspace in India by detecting botnet problems and helping people clean and secure affected systems. Let us tell you that the Cyber Cleanliness Center works closely with Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and antivirus companies. It is updated by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-IN). Before understanding its process, we need to know what a bot is.
What is a botnet?
‘Bot’ is a type of malware, which connects your device to a ‘botnet’. Let us tell you that this botnet is a network of affected systems.
When a device becomes part of a botnet, the hacker who is controlling this botnet. Can copy all data from your device.
Apart from this, it can download such apps to the device, which may be full of malware.
It can block your outgoing and incoming texts and calls. It can also get information like net banking details and user name and password.
how to stay safe
To protect your device from getting affected by any bot, you need to take care that you download apps only from trusted app stores or websites.
Along with this, also keep in mind that avoid opening unknown emails or links.
how to detect bots
To find out if your system is infected with malware, you can download any of the Cyber Hygiene Center’s free bot removal tools.
If you use a Windows device, on the website you will find three free botnet tools – eScan Antivirus, K7 Security and Quick Heal – along with download links that you can use.
If you have an Android device, you can download and use ‘eScan CERT-IN Bot Removal’ tool from Google Play Store or ‘M-Kavach 2’ developed by C-DAC Hyderabad.