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Emotet Malware Destroys Itself From All Infected Computers Emotet, the notorious email-based Windows malware behind several botnet-driven spam campaigns and ransomware attacks, was automatically wiped from infected computers en masse following a European law enforcement operation. The development comes three months after a coordinated disruption of Emotet as part of "Operation Ladybird" to seize control of servers used to run and maintain the malware network. The orchestrated effort saw at least 700 servers associated with the botnet's infrastructure neutered from the inside, thus preventing ...

(Credit: Shutterstock) The Emotet botnet, a major spreader of Windows malware and ransomware, has been taken down in a law enforcement crackdown.  On Wednesday, police agencies in Europe announced they had worked with the US to seize the main servers that controlled Emotet, which spread malware through phishing emails.  Law enforcement in Ukraine uploaded a video that shows them raiding a residence and uncovering the servers behind the operation. Two Ukrainian citizens suspected of running the servers were also nabbed. Emotet began in 2014 as a strain of malware designed to steal people’s...