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MBR Confusion

29
Jun
2011

Our friends at Microsoft recently blogged about a new variant of a bootkit Trojan from the family they call Popureb. The variant, Win32/Popureb.E, introduced a driver component to prevent a malicious master boot record (MBR) and other malicious components from being cleaned. At least one tech writer was quick to pick up on the implications […]

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W32.Qakbot – Under The Surface

20
May
2011

W32.Qakbot is a worm that's been around since at least 2009. The worm initially infects users by exploiting vulnerabilities when a certain Web pages are visited. It subsequenly spreads through network shares and removable drives. It downloads additional files, steals information, and opens a back door on the compromised computer. During the past few months […]

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