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Not as bad as it sounds at first: Microsoft provides free anti-malware tools (Microsoft Security Essentials stand-alone, Windows Defender included in Win8, and
by dangrossman 13y ago
Not as bad as it sounds at first: Microsoft provides free anti-malware tools (Microsoft Security Essentials stand-alone, Windows Defender included in Win8, and the Malicious Software Removal Tool through Windows Update). If you use these tools to remove the Sefnit malware, it removes the old copy of Tor that malware installed as well. It doesn't touch any newer self-installed versions.
Here's their own writeup of the cleanup effort: http://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2014/01/09/tackling-the-sefnit-botnet-tor-hazard.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2014/01/09/tackling-...