Computer Virus Sinowal

Kaspersky reports that the virusthreat has increased during the month of April 2009. The new malwares exploit the security flaws in Adobe Acrobat Reader of the pdf software or the Neosploit rootkit. According to the researchers the detection and the cure of the rootkits is a very difficult problem faced by the antivirus experts.
Kaspersky Research Lab has detected a fresh version of the Sinowal at the end of March 2009. Sinowal is a vicious code that remains itself hidden in an infected computer by infecting its Master Boot Record (MBR). Sinowal plants itself in the lowest level of the Operating System. It infects the MBR and bypasses the antivirus software. The e-mails were considered as the main medium for the spreading of the malwares through the internet. But the infection through the website has increased 300% by the year 2008. Now the malwares redirect the search results and confuses the user. Kaspersky recomends its users to make their antivirus up-to-date and scan for the malware. If any malware is found, system will have to be restarted while undergoing treatment.

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