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World's most advanced rootkit penetrates 64-bit Windows
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/16/tdl_rootkit_does_64_bit_windows/ <quotes> A notorious rootkit that for years has ravaged 32-bit versions of Windows has begun claiming 64-bit versions of the Microsoft operating system as well. The ...
Message posted on the November 16th, 2010 - 11:30 AM ET
Microsoft Tries to Avoid Windows Blue Screen Repeat
< I am definitely fearful of Windows Updates. I do a manual creating a Restore before doing an update. My other laptop is still down from the damage of KB977165.> Microsoft Tries to Avoid Windows Blue Screen Repeat Gregg Keizer Apr 14, ...
Message posted on the April 14th, 2010 - 10:43 pm ET
New vicious UEFI bootkit vuln found for Windows 8
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/19/win8_rootkit/> <quote> Security researchers have discovered security shortcomings in Windows 8 that create a means to infect the upcoming operating system with rootkit-style malware. Italian ...
Message posted on the September 19th, 2012 - 11:25 am ET
Confusion about MBR depending if USB drive is connected
I'm not so sure I have a master boot record virus. I discovered that I'm getting different results from my MBR and rootkit malware scanners depending on whether the USB drive is plugged into the computer and turned on. The output doesn't make any ...
Message posted on the January 16th, 2012 - 10:07 pm ET
How best to deal w/ master boot record virus
Looks like I've got a master boot record virus. I want to know what my options are. GMER included this worrisome report in a very long and complex report: - Disk sectors - GMER 1.0.15 - Disk DeviceHarddisk2DR5 sector 00: rootkit-like behavior ...
Message posted on the January 16th, 2012 - 03:07 am ET
Linux LiveCD *does* come in handy, I have to admit just once
Tried a Kaspersky "LiveCD" rootkit detector that uses Linux. Why? Because loading a foreign OS like Linux from the CD reader is better at detecting rootkits, which mimic your Windows kernel, than a windows based rootkit detector that ...
Message posted on the July 05th, 2011 - 06:28 pm ET
Heads up! Worm/Trojan active last few months
One file post install detected a few weeks ago by one person; <http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/37ecc048cc7c01ca4b4e840742f736c40e8974d8f0158d67255974aa0d56643c-1254444923> Somewhat similar in some aspects; ...
Message posted on the October 23rd, 2009 - 07:31 pm ET
Troll-Free COLA Stats: Saturday the 23rd of February, 2013.
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Message posted on the February 23rd, 2013 - 04:00 am ET