IIRC, the severity of that one was (imagine this!) exaggerated in the press. It doesn't really force a reinstall.
On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 9:37 PM, Daniel Otis <d...@moosoft.com> wrote: > Sorry, I sent from the wrong address! > > Forgive me for not being clear. I meant the latest one in the news: > > http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/sec/blog/new-rootkit-forces-windows-reinstall/?cs=47591 > > Thanks! > > Daniel > > On 8/13/2011 6:58 PM, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: > > On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 13:08:59 MDT, Daniel Otis said: > >> Does anyone have a sample of the latest MBR Rootkit? I need one to > >> experiment on, thanks! > > *the* latest? Try 'git clone git://github.org/mbr' or similar? ;) > > > > (And here I thought there were multiple *families* of MBR rootkits out > there, > > each with multiple instances? Are you looking for a *specific* one, and > are > > criteria like "new variants from under 24 hours ago" meaningful for your > > experimentation? There's a few bazillion variants of malware out there, > > the more specific you can be the better.... > > > > > -- > MooSoft Development LLC > http://www.moosoft.com > > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. >
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