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It installs a root-kit.


My dear zerp, could you please expand a bit on your claim? As stated, it leaves a trifle too much to the imagination. Would you be so kind as to provide filenames, registry keys, et cætera? An ample dollop of detail is just the thing.


Check the boot sector. If I need to spoon feed you, then you shouldn't be running code you don't understand, noob.


As I carefully explained, the boot sector was completely unchanged. However, I'm sure we would all deeply appreciate a link or two to your undoubtedly significant body of work on the web. The way you boldly buck mainstream orthodoxy by replacing the familiar "rootkit" with "root-kit", along with the vigorous application of name calling instead of salient facts, points to a mind unfettered by mere convention. Before tearing myself away from this enlightening discussion, a final word: having registered with this site a mere 4 hours ago, it is perhaps a tad imprudent of you to be wielding the "noob" monicker so injudiciously.


> the boot sector was completely unchanged

perhaps it installs "blue pill."


perhaps it installs "blue pill."

Blue Pill doesn't run under Intel Celeron, older Pentium Dual-Core, or Pentium M processors (which lack the necessary VT technology), so if such a payload were included, it wouldn't load on my test system.

For those who want to test it, here are some ideas on blocking and detecting Blue Pill-like infections:

http://northsecuritylabs.blogspot.com/2008/06/catching-blue-...

More information:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Pill_(malware) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_VT


It is conceivable that a Blue Pill-like rootkit could be implemented purely in software, in a manner similar to the pre-hypervisor VMWare.


It is conceivable that a Blue Pill-like rootkit could be implemented purely in software

My only concern was searching for persistent infections.




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