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COMPUTER IS EXPLOITED
ITS BECOMES A BOT

NEW BOTS RALLY TO LET

BOTHERDER KNOWS ITS
JOINED THE TEAM

RETRIEVE THE ANTIANTIVIRUS MODULE

SECURE THE NEW BOT

CLIENT

RETRIEVE THE PAYLOAD

MODULE

LISTEN TO THE C&C

SERVER/PEER FOR
COMMANDS

REPORT RESULTS TO THE

C&C CHANNEL

EXECUTE THE COMMANDS

ON COMMAND, ERASE ALL

EVIDENCE AND ABANDON THE
CLIENT

Fig 4: Life Cycle of A Botnet