Not to long ago I got Infected by a RAT through downloading a file and the hackers got access to all of my Emails and Information, while that was traumatic I managed to move on but I want to be more cautious so my question Is how do I remove a RAT? Ever since I learned about what a “RAT” Is I hated It, Its just the fact that people can have access to your Computer for long periods of time without you knowing and can be doing things with your stuff. I also would like to know what files usally contain RATS and how you can know. I have an Antivirus but It didn’t do anything almost like it was undetectable. Thank you.
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Anything that costs money that you downloaded for free is probably a virus, cracked software, games, music, key generators, torrents, roms, etc. Do not download anything from any untrusted sources. Do not execute any unsigned binaries (the big window that pops up with a yes no prompt and the yellow warning label).
Keep your computer/software updated. Don’t enable macros on word/excel documents that are untrusted.
Don’t click links in emails with a call to action and check the sender. Manually browse to the site to login instead of clicking links.
There is no antivirus or guaranteed manual way to detect a new variant.
Do you have a separate administrative accout and user account? If not, start there. Never, I mean never use your computer daily while logged into it as an admin. All modern OSes have security features built-in that help prevent RATs and other malware from being installed. If using Windows ensure it is a supported version of Windows 10 or 11. After the OS is no longer supported vulnerabilities are left open and as they are discovered by bad actors they will be exploited. Also, on Windows turn on UAC. For things like a RAT to be persistent they must get ‘installed’ somehow. UAC will alert you by providing a pop-up prompt asking for administrative credentials. If you are running all day every day as an admin and UAC is turned off you will never get that pop-up. Finally, consider locking down the computer by making some changes to the GPO settings if you can. Not all versions of Windows make this easy to do. Home is much harder but Pro is easy to do. Go to cyber.mil and look for STIGs for the OS and software you use and apply them.