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API Reference: Malware Eradication

Windows Process Termination

taskkill

taskkill /F /PID 1234           # Kill by PID
taskkill /F /IM malware.exe     # Kill by name
taskkill /F /T /PID 1234       # Kill process tree

PowerShell

Stop-Process -Id 1234 -Force
Get-Process -Name "malware" | Stop-Process -Force

Windows Persistence Cleanup

Registry Run Keys

reg delete "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v MalwareName /f
reg delete "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v MalwareName /f

Scheduled Tasks

schtasks /Delete /TN "MalwareTask" /F
schtasks /Query /FO CSV /V /NH

Services

sc stop MalwareService
sc delete MalwareService
sc query type= all state= all

Linux Persistence Cleanup

Crontab

crontab -l -u root         # List root cron
crontab -r -u root         # Remove all cron (use carefully)
ls -la /etc/cron.d/
ls -la /var/spool/cron/

Systemd Services

systemctl list-unit-files --type=service
systemctl disable malware.service
systemctl stop malware.service
rm /etc/systemd/system/malware.service
systemctl daemon-reload

Process Kill

kill -9 <pid>
pkill -f "malware_pattern"

File Quarantine Best Practices

Hash Before Move

sha256sum /path/to/malware > /quarantine/hash.txt

Secure Move

mv /path/to/malware /quarantine/sha256_filename.quarantine
chmod 000 /quarantine/sha256_filename.quarantine

Autoruns (Sysinternals)

Command Line

autorunsc.exe -a * -c -h -s -v -vt

Output Columns

Column Description
Entry Autorun name
Image Path Binary location
Signer Code signing info
VT Detection VirusTotal results

YARA Scanning for Remaining Artifacts

Command

yara -r rules.yar /target/directory

Rule Example

rule Malware_Remnant {
    strings:
        $s1 = "malware_mutex" ascii
        $s2 = {4D 5A 90 00}
    condition:
        any of them
}