Rootkit infection requires Windows reinstall, says Microsoft

[Robert E. Seastrom]

Glazing the disks and reinstalling from scratch has always been the
gold standard when dealing with infected Windows machines, and I
prescribed it for a friend who got hit with MacDefender too.

-r

Andre Kesteloot <andre.kesteloot at verizon.net> writes:

> Rootkit infection requires Windows reinstall, says Microsoft
>
> Microsoft is telling Windows users that they'll have to reinstall the operating
> system if they get infected with a new rootkit that hides in the machine's boot
> sector.
> http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7406686/875421059/518374/0/
>
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