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06
Jul
2011

A new Master Boot Record (MBR) rootkit has recently taken the threat spotlight. The Microsoft Malware Protection Center (MMPC) noted a new malware variant that is capable of overwriting a system’s MBR. In MMPC’s post, Microsoft also clarified that using the Windows Recovery Console is enough to return the infected MBR to a clean state […]

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In May, we added Win32/Ramnit to the Microsoft Removal Tool (MSRT) detection capability, as my colleague Scott Molenkamp blogged. As of May 20th, MSRT disinfected 52,549 computers from the Win32/Ramnit infection. Ramnit is one of the four parasitic viruses out of the top 10 detected threat families. Top 25 detections by MSRT, May 10 – […]

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Assoc Anti-Malware Engineer Posted: 7 June 2011 Company name: Symantec Location: Dublin, Ireland Ireland Pay rate: negotiable Travel: none Poster represents: employer Terms of employment: Salaried employee Hours: full time Onsite: yes Description:The Security Response Engineer will be responsible for: – Analyzing threat samples in order to identify its overall purpose & specific functionalities, such […]

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