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Update Breaks Rootkit; Authors Fix Rootkit

Jenni X -- Blog - Windows Stuff PDF Print E-mail
Last Updated on Monday, 22 February 2010 08:43

ZD-net is reporting that Microsoft's weekly patch last Tuesday caused the BSoD (Blue Screen of Death) on machines infected with the TDL3 rootkit, but not to worry, they guys that wrote the exploit got their pointed-little heads together and patched that sucker right up.

Reports indicate that the hackers updated the exploit withing a few hours. Now if we could only get that kind of response time from Microsoft, things would get rolling around here!

 
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