Editor’s note: Microsoft clarified its MBR rootkit removal advice after this story was posted. Microsoft is telling Windows users that they’ll have to reinstall the operating system if they get ...

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Microsoft late on Wednesday confirmed that a rootkit caused Windows PCs to crash after users applied a security patch issued last week. Only systems infected with the Alureon rootkit were ...

In recent versions of Windows, specifically Vista and Windows 7, Microsoft has introduced a number of new security features designed to prevent malicious code from running. But attackers are ...

There are indications that the system crashes and the dreaded blue screen of death (BSoD) that many Microsoft Windows users reported suffering after installing this week’s batch of security updates ...

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Most every Windows PC user knows about the threat from viruses by now and I think most even are aware of "malware" such as Trojans and ad-ware. I think more people need to know about "rootkits," ...

Microsoft has confirmed that it has signed off on the recently discovered "rootkit malware" found on the Windows platform, which is believed to be a potential point of access for threat actors. The ...

AVAST conducted a six-month study of over 630,000 samples and found that 74% of rootkit infections came from systems running Windows XP, whereas only 17% came from its successor – Vista – and 12% from ...

In a campaign dubbed Operation TunnelSnake by Kaspersky researchers, the team said on Thursday that an advanced persistent threat (APT) group, origin unknown but suspected of being Chinese-speaking, ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Free antivirus software provider Avast has released information from a six-month study which reveals ...

Now Microsoft is even co-opting Unix hacker terms. Rootkits were originally programs that helped a hacker cover their tracks. It would overwrite log files and other system activity trackers so a sys ...