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Avast Warning : rootkit hidden boot sector

  • 04-10-2008 04:04PM
    #1
    grahamor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 872 ✭✭✭


    Hi, Whilst browsing today with some other programs open my laptop decided to close all the programs and restart itself.

    When it booted again Avast came with the following warning:

    rootkit hidden boot sector found

    MBR: \\.\PSHSICALDRIVE0

    Then it restarted for me and scanned the machine.

    Everything seems to be fine now but i have never seen this message before and i am wondering how it got past the anti-virus.

    Is it spyware ?

    Thanks for any info


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