“Many are falling victim via booby-trapped websites that use vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s browser to install the attack code,” The Beeb reports. “Experts say the virus is dangerous because it buries itself deep inside Windows to avoid detection.”
“The malicious program is a type of virus known as a rootkit and it tries to overwrite part of a computer’s hard drive called the Master Boot Record (MBR),” The Beeb reports. “Once installed the virus, dubbed Mebroot by Symantec, usually downloads other malicious programs, such as keyloggers, to do the work of stealing confidential information.”
“Most of these associated programs lie in wait on a machine until its owner logs in to the online banking systems of one of more than 900 financial institutions,” The Beeb reports.
“The Russian virus-writing group behind Mebroot is thought to have created the torpig family of viruses that are known to have been installed on more than 200,000 systems. This group specialises in stealing bank login information,” The Beeb reports. “Although the password-stealing programs that Mebroot installs can be found by security software, few commercial anti-virus packages currently detect its presence. Mebroot cannot be removed while a computer is running.”
“Computers running Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 that are not fully patched are all vulnerable to the virus,” The Beeb reports.
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Barry” for the heads up.]
MacDailyNews Note: For Mac users who run Windows: The Beeb reports that GMER “has produced a utility that will scan and remove the stealthy program.” GMER is an application that detects and removes rootkits on Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista. More info here.
The Registry is STILL the weak spot of Windows, and as long as there is a Registry and DLL files, Windows will NEVER be secure.
It really is as simple as that, Windows is beleaguered.
Comment TO: Zune Tang & MacB as well as the rest of you knocking Mac’s !!
Remember my little morphians – YOU pay for what you get !!
We MAC users don’t have a problem paying a premium price for a premium product. And quite frankly if you can’t afford to buy a MAC then you obviously really don’t need to be on a computer to begin with. Everything is not all Mac, BUT I have not and will not ever have to worry about others getting my personal info or anything else for that matter OFF my MAC !!
I received my first business loans when I was 20 and that supported my family very much. But, I need the financial loan once again.
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