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Researchers Report Spike In Boot Time Malware
wiredmikey writes "In their most recent intelligence report, Symantec researchers pointed out a massive increase in the amount of boot time malware striking users, noting there have already been as many new boot time malware threats detected in the first seven months of 2011 as there were in the previous three years. Also known as MBR (master boot record) threats, the malware infect an area of the hard disk that makes them one of the first things to be read and executed when a computer is turned on. This enables the threats to effectively dodge many security defenses."
No actual information in the linked article. No way of verifying what they're saying is true or useful.
But don't worry. I am sure Symantec will happily sell you something that will "protect" you from this flood of MBR viruses.
It breaks my pluginses, my precious!
Who probably did it.
They want their boot-sector viruses back.
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