New Delhi, February 13: As part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Digital India initiative, the government has now come up with ‘Cyber Swachhta Kendra’-a Botnet Cleaning and Malware Analysis Centre. The website aims to enhance the cybersecurity of Digital India's IT infrastructure by providing information on botnet/malware threats and suggesting remedial measures.

The Botnet Cleaning centre has been established under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and aims to create a secure cyberspace. The Centre is believed to detect botnet infections in India and to notify users, enable cleaning and securing systems of end users so as to prevent further infections.

The Cyber Swachhta Kendra is set up in accordance with the objectives of the "National Cyber Security Policy", which envisages creating a secure cyber ecosystem in the country. This centre operates in close coordination and collaboration with Internet Service Providers and Product/Antivirus companies.

Benefits:

If your computer/ system/device is infected with malware called 'Bot', this centre can come to your rescue. If your computer/ system/device is part of a botnet, the following could happen:

  1. Information on your computer/ system/device could be stolen

  2. Your computer/ system/device may be used to send out spam

  3. Your computer/ system/ device could be used for launching attacks on other computer/ system/ device

The Cyber Swachhta Kendra website provides information and tools to users to secure their systems/devices. This centre is being operated by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) under provisions of Section 70B of the Information Technology Act, 2000.

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