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Researchers at Dr Web spotted a Windows version of the Mirai bot

Researchers at the antivirus firm Dr.Web discovered a new strain of the Mirai bot, a Windows variant, targeting more ports. Trojan Mirai.1 is a Windows version of the popular IoT malware, and it is being used by some criminals to infect IoT devices and carry out DDoS attacks. The original Mirai malware was spotted by the researcher MalwareMustDie in August 2016, it was specifically designed to target IoT devices, including DVRs and CCTV systems. The Trojan.1 can address the following ports: 22, 23, 135, 445, 1433 and 3389.”]

Source: https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/56103/malware/windows-mirai-bot.html

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