[decimon]

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[Texas Fossil]

June 30, 2011

“Sorry, but the TDL botnet is not ‘indestructible’ “

By Roger Grimes

http://www.infoworld.com/t/malware/sorry-the-tdl-botnet-not-indestructible-737

“Malware and alarmism over its proliferation are nothing new — and the latest boot-sector rootkit will be cured soon enough”

“The sophistication of the TDL rootkit and the global expanse of its botnet have many observers worried about the antimalware industry’s ability to respond. Clearly, the TDL malware family is designed to be difficult to detect and remove. Several respected security researchers have gone so far as to say that the TDL botnet, composed of millions of TDL-infected PCs, is “practically indestructible.”

“As a 24-year veteran of the malware wars, I can safely tell you that no threat has appeared that the antimalware industry and OS vendors did not successfully respond to. It may take months or years to kill off something, but eventually the good guys get it right.”

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[ChildOfThe60s]

Hmm, guess I have to do my porn searching with Ubuntu ;)

Seriously, people that do porn hunting on the web have a PC death wish.

Doesn’t say if any browser provides more protection than others.

[rokkitapps]

kind of impressive in a lex-luthorish way.

[smokingfrog]

Is this the same one that Microsoft says forget trying to get rid of it and just reinstall your OS?

I guess reinstalling your OS wouldn’t be that big of deal, except that you have to reinstall all the updates too. Is there a way to save your updates somehow so you don’t have to download all of them again?

[ShadowAce]

[catnipman]

Following links about this story and virus, I arrived at a recommended solution if you suspect infection, namely TDSSKiller at http://support.kaspersky.com/viruses/utility

The other utilities look interesting as well.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks decimon.

The botnet, known as TDL, targets Windows PCs