Comments on: MBR rootkit targets Windows users

Fortunately, the risk to end users is low if system has been patched with Microsoft updates.

[xtrasico]

Man...

This is frustrating. It doesn't matter if you are a PC guru, if you don't install updates you get infected by anything or everything. A MBR rootkit that can be detected by comparing an old MBR? How often do you compare MBR's? In my 20 years of experience I have fixed lots of them, but never compared. Now you have to get antivirus, antispyware, antirootkit, hijack this and an old MBR to compare it, just in case... Where are we going?

[Michichael]

Sad...

We're going to the point where every computer will have to have a custom designed firewall to be secure. Just look at the history of the lock. Lock gets more complex as time goes on because lock pickers get better.

[johnhe]

Best to be prepared before getting hit by one of these rootkits.

Users can be prepared for this type of rootkit by using RescueBoot to create a bootable RescueBoot Windows CD after copying Microsoft?s DskProbe.exe utility and a backup copy of their MBR into the RecueBoot Windows hard disk directory.

DskProbe.exe is free in various Windows Resource Kits and RescueBoot is available free for at www.resqware.com.

[forkboy]

Crazy sh*t

You know...I try, I really try, to keep up with computer technology issues. I'm not an expert, but I don't want to be left behind. But when I read stories like this it makes me think I should just turn off the computer and revert to doing everything by hand.

I simply don't have the time to take on more and more tasks geared towards keeping my computer safe. It seems I'll eventually be spending as much on software to make my computer 'safe' as I will on the actual hardware.