Rootkit Infection Requires Windows Reinstall, Says Microsoft

Apparently Norton Handles the problem too.....

Symantec's Vikram Thakur added, existing Symantec tools will fix the problem.

"We have found that it is not necessary to re image a machine in order to repair," Thakur wrote. "Symantec detects this threat and Norton customers can use Norton Bootable Recovery Tool (NBRT) to boot up and NBRT will clean their computers. The helps fix computers infected with threats that embed themselves deeply into the computer's operating system. It helps restore the computer to normal working order."

You can download NBRT here.

Agree with you on that....Highly Illogical for MS

marsmimar said:

Maybe I'm missing something but it seems that Hitman Pro and Norton are making it easier to fix this problem than Microsoft's own solution.

So their basically making a mountain out of a mole hill

G1LLY said:

marsmimar said:

Maybe I'm missing something but it seems that Hitman Pro and Norton are making it easier to fix this problem than Microsoft's own solution.

So their basically making a mountain out of a mole hill

Not surprising really. AV is an incidental product for MS.

Microsoft clarifies itself on removal of Win32/Popureb.E

Microsoft clarified the advice it gave regarding a new rootkit that buries itself in a hard drive's boot sector. Microsoft originally said that the only way to remove the rootkit was to use a recovery disc. The Microsoft Malware Protection Center (MMPC) highlighted the Trojan, dubbed Popureb. According to Network World, this meant restoring Windows to factory settings. That recommendation was similar to what Microsoft gave a year ago, when another rootkit buried itself in the Master Boot Record (MBR). On Wednesday, MMPC engineer Chun Feng clarified Microsoft's advice. "If your system is infected with Trojan:Win32/Popureb.E, we advise fixing the MBR using the Windows Recovery Console to return the MBR to a clean state," Feng wrote on a blog. Feng provided links to instructions on how to use the Recovery Console.

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