Manual Removal Guide for RAT.Imminent

The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "RAT.Imminent" manually.
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.

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Threat Details:

Categories:

• trojan
• securityrisk

Description:

RAT.Imminent copies files into the application data or program files folder. Once run this RAT tool creates data files of user behavior. An autorun entry is created to ensure the start after a reboot.

Removal Instructions:

Autorun:

Please use Spybot-S&D, RunAlyzer or msconfig.exe to remove the following autorun entries.

• Entries named "Default Key" and pointing to "<$APPDATA>\Default Folder\svchost.exe".
• Entries named "Update" and pointing to "<$APPDATA>\windowss.exe".

Files:

Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.

• The file at "<$APPDATA>\Default Folder\svchost.exe".
• The file at "<$APPDATA>\Imminent\Geo.dat".
• The file at "<$APPDATA>\Imminent\Path.dat".
• The file at "<$APPDATA>\windowss.exe".
• The file at "<$LOCALSETTINGS>\Temp\smit.exe".

Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If RAT.Imminent uses rootkit technologies, use the rootkit scanner integrated into Spybot-S&D 2.x or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify files!

Important: There are more files that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D to remove them.

Folders:

Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.

• The directory at "<$APPDATA>\Default Folder".
• The directory at "<$APPDATA>\Imminent\Logs".
• The directory at "<$APPDATA>\Imminent".

Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If RAT.Imminent uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify folders!

Final Words:

If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,

1. Please read these instructions before requesting assistance,
2. Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.

There are more files or system entries belonging to this product that <$SPYBOTSD> can remove, but that cannot be easily described in text. Please use <$SPYBOTSD> to make sure <$PRODUCTNAME> gets completely removed.