A botnet infection is when your computer becomes a part of a botnet. What is a botnet infection?Ī group of computers controlled by cybercriminals to spread malware and launch other malicious attacks on their targets is called a botnet. In collaboration with 'Cyber Swachhta Kendra' under the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), Ministry of Electronics & IT, Quick Heal has developed a Bot Removal Tool that helps users remove botnet infection from their computer.