What could be worse then a virus? A rootkit! Yes, those nasty little pieces of arbitrary code which get weave themselves so deep into the operating system the only way to remove them is to completely reinstall Windows.
This past week my dad has been complaining of slowdowns on his laptop. I initially thought it was [...]
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Rootkits Galore
Don’t Look at the AIM Virus
Over the last couple of days I’ve heard about a new AIM virus. I first started hearing about it online, and today I heard a couple of real life stories. Apparently this virus sends you a message asking “how do I look”. When you click on the link you instantly get infected and start sending [...]
