OT But important if you do any online banking
 

A nasty little virus that installs in the MBR and steals banking login
details is starting to make it's way around. Because it's in the MBR,
anti-virus software can only alert you to it's presence, but can't remove
it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7183008.stm

According to Symantec, running "fixmbr" command from within the Windows
Recovery Console will remove the virus, but to prevent infection, if your
BIOS has a MBR write-protection feature now is a good time to enable it.

OT But important if you do any online banking
 

On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:32:58 -0000, wrote:

A nasty little virus that installs in the MBR and steals banking login
details is starting to make it's way around. Because it's in the MBR,
anti-virus software can only alert you to it's presence, but can't remove
it.

Why?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7183008.stm

According to Symantec, running "fixmbr" command from within the Windows
Recovery Console will remove the virus, but to prevent infection, if your
BIOS has a MBR write-protection feature now is a good time to enable it.

What is a Windows Recovery Console?

OT But important if you do any online banking
 

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:32:58 -0000, wrote:

A nasty little virus that installs in the MBR and steals banking login
details is starting to make it's way around. Because it's in the MBR,
anti-virus software can only alert you to it's presence, but can't remove
it.

Why?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7183008.stm

According to Symantec, running "fixmbr" command from within the Windows
Recovery Console will remove the virus, but to prevent infection, if your
BIOS has a MBR write-protection feature now is a good time to enable it.

What is a Windows Recovery Console?


http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058

OT But important if you do any online banking
 

On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:25:06 -0800, "CalifBill"
wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:32:58 -0000, wrote:

A nasty little virus that installs in the MBR and steals banking login
details is starting to make it's way around. Because it's in the MBR,
anti-virus software can only alert you to it's presence, but can't remove
it.

Why?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7183008.stm

According to Symantec, running "fixmbr" command from within the Windows
Recovery Console will remove the virus, but to prevent infection, if your
BIOS has a MBR write-protection feature now is a good time to enable it.

What is a Windows Recovery Console?

Don't know, but should be legal to run anybody that starts one of these
viruses or uses the info garnered from them to steal through a tree
shredder.

Feet first.

Preferably conscious.

OT But important if you do any online banking
 

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:32:58 -0000, wrote:

A nasty little virus that installs in the MBR and steals banking login
details is starting to make it's way around. Because it's in the MBR,
anti-virus software can only alert you to it's presence, but can't remove
it.

Why?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7183008.stm

According to Symantec, running "fixmbr" command from within the Windows
Recovery Console will remove the virus, but to prevent infection, if your
BIOS has a MBR write-protection feature now is a good time to enable it.

What is a Windows Recovery Console?

Don't know, but should be legal to run anybody that starts one of these
viruses or uses the info garnered from them to steal through a tree
shredder.

OT But important if you do any online banking
 

On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:55:01 +0000, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:32:58 -0000, wrote:

A nasty little virus that installs in the MBR and steals banking login
details is starting to make it's way around. Because it's in the MBR,
anti-virus software can only alert you to it's presence, but can't
remove it.

Why?

Don't get me lying, but I believe the virus is a rootkit, and is running
all the while the OS is running. You could rewrite the MBR, but the
running rootkit code would just rewrite itself. Or so I believe. The
MBR has to be "fixed" while the OS is not running.




http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7183008.stm

According to Symantec, running "fixmbr" command from within the Windows
Recovery Console will remove the virus, but to prevent infection, if
your BIOS has a MBR write-protection feature now is a good time to
enable it.

What is a Windows Recovery Console?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058

OT But important if you do any online banking
 

"Fred Garvin, Male Prostitute" wrote in message
...
In message , CalifBill sprach forth
the following:

Don't know, but should be legal to run anybody that starts one of these
viruses or uses the info garnered from them to steal through a tree
shredder.

Government steals more in a day than all identity thieves have stolen in
the history of the world. As Sinead O'Connor said, "fight the real
enemy".


That advice will go far when your bank account's empty.