Rootkit May Be Behind Windows Blue Screen

L3sPau1 writes "A rootkit infection may be the cause of a Windows Blue Screen of Death issue experienced by Windows XP users who applied the latest round of Microsoft patches. It appears that the affected Windows PCs had the rootkit infection prior to deploying the Microsoft patches. Researcher Patrick W. Barnes, investigating the issue, has isolated the infection to the Windows atapi.sys file, a driver used by Windows to connect hard drives and other components. Barnes identified the infection as the Tdss-rootkit, which surfaced last November and has been spreading quickly, creating zombie machines for botnet activity."

Comments

Re:Ah, well, that lets Microsoft off the hook then

[jhoegl]

Not surprised, thats what happened last time this happened.
Who is at fault? Im going to go with the user. Keep on clickin' yah scrub
By the Way, doesnt the "Windows Defender" do checksum scanning?
I know SFC does it... so the tools are already there.

Re:I'm in favor of requiring Internet User's Licen

[gyrogeerloose]

If you don't even have the strength of conviction to post with your name on it, I think that you should be denied issuance of your proposed Internet license.

And by the the way, "Internet" should be capitalized.

Re:Good way to lose users

[Anonymous Coward]

I thought you were trying to fix her computer, not turn it into worthless shit.

Re:M$ at root of problem...but wont admit

[hesaigo999ca]

>ORLY
People that abbreviate are such tools, but then again so am I :P

Re:Sounds like a good thing

[nstlgc]

Yes, because Linux has no local privilege escalation vulnerabilities, right? This sane OS of yours, does it come with rainbow pooping unicorns too?