Imminent Monitor RAT
Posted: August 11, 2016
Threat Metric
The following fields listed on the Threat Meter containing a specific value, are explained in detail below:
Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.
Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.
Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.
Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.
% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.
| Ranking: | 7,939 |
|---|---|
| Threat Level: | 8/10 |
| Infected PCs: | 35,396 |
| First Seen: | August 11, 2016 |
|---|---|
| Last Seen: | February 23, 2025 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The Imminent Monitor RAT is promoted as a legitimate remote administration tool that is meant to provide users with the ability to connect to the computers of friends and family that are running the Imminent Monitor software. However, legitimate remote administration tools usually have a limited set of features and announce their presence on the target’s computer – the Imminent Monitor RAT does not do this and, instead, it may work silently in the background. By doing so, it may provide the remote user with unlimited and uncontrolled access to the files and data stored on the victim’s machine. According to the Imminent Monitor‘s official website, this tool is meant to be used to assist friends and family with computer issues or by employers to keep track of their employees’ computers. However, it would be very easy for an evil-minded cybercriminal to use the Imminent Monitor RAT’s features for shady purposes.
The original version of the Imminent Monitor RAT is paid, but there are numerous topics on underground hacking forums where a cracked version of the software is offered for free. Nearly all reputable anti-virus products detect the Imminent Monitor software as a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) and recommend its imminent removal.
The list of features that the Imminent Monitor RAT boasts is also quite worrisome – instead of providing the administrator with remote access to the desktop, it also may give them the ability to:
- Recover saved passwords from Web browsers and FTP clients.
- Log keystrokes (keylogger).
- Access the Web cam remotely.
- Use a proxy to anonymize their connection.
- Use the ‘Hidden Remote Desktop Protocol’ of Windows to access the computers without interrupting the victim’s work.
- Upload files to the infected computer or extract files from it.
- Install community-made plugins that extend the Imminent Monitor RAT’s features.
Nearly all of these features are typical for Remote Access Trojans (RATs), and you would not find them in legitimate remote desktop assistance tools like WinVNC, TeamViewer and others.
If you suspect that the Imminent Monitor RAT may be running on your computer, then you should install and run an anti-malware service that will help you identify and eliminate this Trojan’s files immediately. If your anti-virus software has removed the Imminent Monitor RAT, then you should make sure to update all your passwords since the attacker might have collected them.
Technical Details
File System Modifications
Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.
The following files were created in the system:file.exe
File name: file.exeSize: 663.68 KB (663680 bytes)
MD5: 43f618284c80cc4d19c8fe14b7e89b19
Detection count: 45
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 13, 2017
%AppData%\Default Folder\Default File.exe
File name: Default File.exeSize: 631.29 KB (631296 bytes)
MD5: 697c55db9fe83ca2c233cdf7a75667ec
Detection count: 36
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %AppData%\Default Folder
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 11, 2016
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft .NET\update.exe
File name: update.exeSize: 5.31 MB (5313024 bytes)
MD5: 0e2b30e8097e27b633e15a1d47ac9932
Detection count: 9
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft .NET
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 16, 2018
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