Microsoft resumes pushing Blue Screen Update
Microsoft has resumed pushing out the patch connected to the recent Windows blue screens. Microsoft concluded that the system crashes with due to a rootkit [named Alureon] infecting the users computers. The company issued a scanning tool users can run to determine whether their PCs are infected before they attempt to download and install MS10-015. The tool doesn’t scrub Alureon from a compromised computer, but only determines whether the system is compatible with the patch.
Microsoft has not yet delivered a promised detect-and-destroy tool that will clean infected PCs. In the past, Microsoft has used its Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT), a free program updated each Patch Tuesday, to seek out and destroy rootkits. The next scheduled refresh of the MSRT is March 9.
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