Rootkit Infection Requires Windows Reinstall

Posted by timothy on Monday June 27, 2011 @03:23PM from the spring-cleaning-comes-late dept.

CWmike writes "Microsoft is telling Windows users that they'll have to reinstall the OS if they get infected with a new rootkit. A new variant of a Trojan Microsoft calls Popureb digs so deeply into the system that the only way to eradicate it is to return Windows to its out-of-the-box configuration, Chun Feng, an engineer with the Microsoft Malware Protection Center (MMPC), said last week on the group's blog. 'If your system does get infected with Trojan:Win32/Popureb.E, we advise you to fix the MBR and then use a recovery CD to restore your system to a pre-infected state,' said Feng. A recovery disc returns Windows to its factory settings."

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Re:Boot Disc by tverbeek · 2011-06-27 15:51 · Score: 5, Funny

Wouldn't a Linux or BSD or Haiku or Hack OS X install fix this too? This headline reads a bit like "Flooding requires rebuilding the exact same structure in the annual floodplain",

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Re:Yawn, says OSX. by dexomn · 2011-06-27 16:35 · Score: 5, Funny

You must live in a VERY small basement.