RAT stands for Remote Access Trojan or Remote
Administration Tool. It is one of the most
dangerous virus out their over the internet. Hacker can use RAT to get complete
control to your computer. He can do basically anything with your computer.
Using RAT hacker can install key loggers and other malicious viruses
remotely to your computer infect files on your system and more. In this post I
will tell you about what hacker can do with your computer using RAT and tell
you about some commonly use RAT by hackers.
What is RAT?
As I have told you in
my introduction paragraph RAT is Remote Access Trojan. It is a piece of software or program which hacker uses to
get complete control of your computer. It can be send to you in form of images,
Videos or any other files. There is some RAT that even your antivirus software cannot
detect. So always be sure about what you are downloading from the
internet and never save or download files that
anonymous user send you over the mail or in chat room.
What you can do with RAT?
Once
a RAT is installed on any computer hacker can do almost anything with that
computer. Some malicious tasks that you can do with RAT are listed below:-
- Infecting files.
- Installing Keyloggers.
- Controlling computer.
- Remotely start Webcam, Sounds and Movies etc.
- Using your PC to attack website (DDOS).
- View screen.
Harmless RAT or Good RAT:-
As
you have seen how harmful RAT are for your computer, but there are some good
RAT which some of you might be using daily. You might have heard of Teamviewer it is software which you use to control some
one's computer with his permission for file transfer, sharing your screen and
more.
Some commonly used RAT:-
- ProRAT.
- CyberGate RAT.
- DarkComet RAT.
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