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The malware, called Trojan.Mebroot by Symantec, installs itself on the first part of the computer's hard drive to be read on startup, then makes changes to the Windows kernel, making it hard for security software to detect it.
Well at least I understand how or where root kits become effective a bit more, but really you think if everyone is aware of it they would have found a way to patch that hole. I guess not since 5000 computers got tagged with this in 1 month since then. Of course to make it even worse this little Trojan goes after the Master Boot Record (MBR) which is a very bad thing if you get this installed, since now your computer is in complete control of your computer.
Again though I don't know if they Trojan makes are smart or dumb or the people who fall for the traps are dumb, but basically in order to get this installed you need to be suckered into a corrupted website, and then the largest attack starts until your computer gets breeched. Meaning that they most be unloading some of the biggest Trojans and viruses that you may not be protected from and get in that way.
As for protection it depends on what Anti-virus software you have but it seems most vendors have something for this so I check at your vendor's website and see what they have for it.
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