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Brastk.exe - how to remove?

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This malware creates two files - brastk.exe and karna.dat, and makes a copy in the folders C:\Windows and C:\Windows\System32.
Moreover, it also creates two autorun entries in registry:

  • HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
    value called “Brastk” under run subkey
  • HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
    value AppInit_Dlls=Karna.dat

But the most important trick, is that Brastk replaces regular windows system file Beep.sys (4,224 bytes) to infected (27,648 bytes) in C:\Windows\System32\drivers.
This infected Beep.sys is an autoloader with brastk.exe and karna.dat files, installed any time system is rebooted.

To remove this malware you sholud:

  1. Delete beep.sys
  2. Start windows in safe mode and delete entries in registry
  3. Delete Brastk.exe and Karna.dat

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