What Is RAT for Hackers?

                Well u will be thinking of this

but its not actually this.

 RAT stands for Remote Access Trojan or Remote Administration Tool. It is one of the most dangerous Trojan virus out their over the web. A Hacker can use RAT to get complete control to your machine. He can do basically any task with your computer. Using RAT hacker can install key-loggers and other malicious viruses remotely to your machine, infect files on your system. In this interesting post i will tell you about what hacker can do with your machine using RAT and tell you about some commonly use RAT by hackers.

 What is RAT ?

As i have told you in my introduction paragraph RAT is Remote Access Trojan  It is a peace of software or program which hacker uses to get complete control of your computer. It can be send to you in form of images, videos or any other files. Their are some RAT that even your antivirus software can not detect.  So always be sure about what you are downloading from the internet and never save or download files that anonymous user send you  over the mail or in chat room.

 What You can do with RAT ?

Because a RAT enables administrative control, it makes it possible for the intruder to do just about anything on the targeted computer, including:

• Monitoring user behavior through key-loggers and other spywares.
• Accessing confidential Data, such as credit card, Social Network accounts and social security numbers.
• Activating a machines webcam and recording video in live.
• Taking screenshots of the machine.
• Distributing viruses and  malware.
• Formatting hard drives.
• Deleting, downloading or altering files.

As you have seen how harmful RAT are for your computer, but their are some good RAT which some of you might be using daily. You might have heard of Team-viewer  it is a software which you use to control some one's computer with his permission for file transfer, sharing your screen and more.

 Most Widely used RAT Tools

CyberGate RAT

DarkComet RAT

ProRAT

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