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Boot-sector or similar viruses are absolutely a problem, thanks to the prevalence of spyware. Just ask anyone who routinely deals with end-user desktop maintena
by burntwater 14y ago
Boot-sector or similar viruses are absolutely a problem, thanks to the prevalence of spyware. Just ask anyone who routinely deals with end-user desktop maintenance. You generally have to alter your cleaning techniques every few weeks to deal with the latest and greatest.
- freehunter 14y agoAt my workplace, I get alerts whenever our security event monitor notices a pattern consistent with malware. We've had ~10 boot sector malware infections since May, most of them being ZeroAccess. Our policy is to reimage the computer rather than try to remove it, in order to keep maintenance times low. As you mentioned, ZeroAccess is spyware that installs itself to the master boot record to avoid detection or removal. Boot sector viruses are indeed still an unfortunately common issue.