[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Will include a link to the note on this being delivered by a JAVA exploit.....

[the_Watchman]

Is this an advertisement for Sophos?

[bigbob]

wow, those bastiges are really getting sneaky...thanks.

[JoeProBono]

http://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-anti-rootkit.aspx

[bigbob]

if they can deliver it via Java, as well as from web servers, then just about any device could be targeted - Linux, Android, iOS, etc., with a proper payload.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

How I found this and the latest JAVA induced problem....story:

Thanks ever so much Java, for that biz-wide rootkit infection

[the_Watchman]

Current Symantec assessment:

Threat Assessment
Wild

Wild Level: Low
Number of Infections: 50 - 999
Number of Sites: 0 - 2
Geographical Distribution: Low
Threat Containment: Easy
Removal: Difficult

[Rebelbase]

My laptop got ahold of a rootkit a couple of years ago. It took an entire day to figure out how to get rid of it.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Ernest.

Yes, Sophos Anti-Virus can detect, block and remediate this rootkit and the various malware which uses it...

Where I work, Sophos can't even download its own updates -- "updating failed" every single day. Here at home I don't have to worry about it (Macs).