Detection Details

Trojan.DNSChanger.ACMB2

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Short bio

Trojan.DNSChanger.ACMB2 is Malwarebytes’ generic detection name for changes made by a type of Trojanon users’ DNS settings on affected Windows systems.

Type of infection

The changes made by the DNS-changing malware can be found in the registry values called NameServer under the keys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesTcpipParametersInterfaces{GUID of the interface}

and

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesTcpipParameters

Protection

block Trojan.DNSChanger

Malwarebytes blocks Trojan.DNSChanger

Business remediation

How to remove Trojan.DNSChanger.ACMB2 with the Malwarebytes Nebula console

You can use the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Nebula console to scan endpoints.

endpoint menu

Nebula endpoint tasks menu

Choose the Scan + Quarantine option. Afterwards you can check the Detections pageto see which threats were found.

Nebula detections

On the Quarantine pageyou can see which threats were quarantined and restore them if necessary.

Nebula Quarantaine

Home remediation

Malwarebytes can detect and remove Trojan.DNSChanger.ACMB2 without further user interaction. The removal also takes care of some required actions to undo other changes:

  • Reset the DNS settings to something safe
  • Clear the browser cache
  • Remove the jobs (Scheduled Tasks) that were responsible for the change (if still present)

Procedure:

  • Please download Malwarebytesto your desktop.
  • Double-click MBSetup.exeand follow the prompts to install the program.
  • When your Malwarebytes for Windowsinstallation completes, the program opens to the Welcome to Malwarebytes screen.
  • Click on the Get started button.
  • Click Scan to start a Threat Scan.
  • Click Quarantineto remove the found threats.
  • Reboot the system if prompted to complete the removal process.