New Windows Virus....be careful

Fabio · 12-01-2008 02:07AM #1

bbc news

Have a look above.

Just said I'd give an aul heads up.

ActorSeeksJob · 12-01-2008 12:48PM

I wouldn't worry about that for the time being, maybe in the future though.

It can be fixed though

GhostInTheRuins · 12-01-2008 01:10PM

Many are falling victim via booby-trapped websites that use vulnerabilities in Microsoft's browser to install the attack code.

I persume that means only IE is vunerable.

SeanW · 12-01-2008 03:34PM

No need for me to worry so

Firefox FTW

Karoma · 12-01-2008 03:39PM

http://www.grisoft.com/doc/download-free-anti-rootkit/us/crp/0
If you haven't already.

ActorSeeksJob · 12-01-2008 03:58PM

No rootkit scanners will be able to fix this one unfortunately

is_that_so · 12-01-2008 04:05PM

Symantec have a report on it. As always with these things not keeping up to date just adds to the risk.

mukki · 16-01-2008 10:10AM

wow the mbrs are back, i haven't seen one since 1998, think it was called angelina on a win95 pc

this good website might help

http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/

I suppose the best way to remove them will be to plug the drive into another pc, I better carry a laptop, with a good av installed and a usb->ide adapter with me from now on

LoLth · 17-01-2008 04:39PM

is fixmbr still an option on windees ?

MarkR · 18-01-2008 02:50PM

Yep, used it a few times after dual boot errors.

New Windows Virus....be careful

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