Boot Record Rootkit Threatens Vista, XP, NT 261
Paul sends us word on a new exploit seen in the wild that attacks Windows systems completely outside of the control of the OS. "Unfortunately, all the Windows NT family (including Vista) still have the same security flaw — MBR [Master Boot Record] can be modified from usermode. Nevertheless, MS blocked write-access to disk sectors from userland code on VISTA after the pagefile attack, however, the first sectors of disk are still unprotected... At the end of 2007 stealth MBR rootkit was discovered by MR Team members (thanks to Tammy & MJ) and it looks like this way of affecting NT systems could be more common in near future if MBR stays unprotected."
Messed up (Score:5, Funny)
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1) That's "Slashdot". -1 for capitalization, -5 for spelling.
2) Nazi is capitalized.
3) Your sig is an automatic Godwin. Might want to fix that.
4) You didn't end your sentence with punctuation. This one calls for a period.
5) Arrogant? You bet!
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http://www.nuklearpower.com/daily.php?date=080103 [nuklearpower.com]
A boot sector virus? In my PC? (Score:5, Funny)
What is this? 1986?
Re:Treacherous Computing to the rescue! (Score:3, Funny)
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You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. [reference.com]
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Re:A boot sector virus? In my PC? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:A boot sector virus? In my PC? (Score:4, Funny)
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Re:The perfect virus (Score:3, Funny)
-1.
Round and round we go... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I Thought Vista Was a Re-Write? (Score:4, Funny)
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Therefore NT3.5 is W95's stepsister -- given that W95 is the legitimate heir of Win3.11. It turned out then that W95, who was a real pervert due to its dominant 16-bit gene, chkdsked his stepsister NT3.51 (they don't used words like "fscked" in that family, they have their own lingo), who begat NT4.0. Then NT4.0 and his aunt W98 both got drunk one night, and soon they gave birth to Win2K. Somehow at that point in the family tree, the 16-bit gene got culled out. But the inbreeding continues...
DOS 3.3 called... (Score:2, Funny)
If you read the OP this is pretty much what DOS viruses were doing 20 years ago. Wow.
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That's not what my users have been telling me...
Those sneaky weasels !
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