p2pnet - rss feed: Rugrat.3344 64-bit virus
p2pnet.net News:- Speaking of viruses, the first one with a taste for PCs running 64-bit Windows has been spotted.
Ranked as a low-level threat, Rugrat.3344 is a virus that uses Thread Local Storage structures within the operating system to execute itself, ‘an unusual method of executing code,’ according to Symantec,” says a TechWeb News story here, going on:
“Anti-virus firms were quick to point out that Rugrat is not spreading, but is actually what’s called a ‘proof-of-concept virus,’ malware designed to demonstrate vulnerabilities and the ability to mount an attack. It doesn’t spread from machine to machine, like a true worm.”
Rugrat “infects Intel architecture-targeted (IA64) Windows Portable Executable (PE) files that are in the same folder and subfolders as the virus,” says tom’s hardware guide here. “PE files include most 64-bit Windows programs. Dynamic link libraries (DLL) are not infected by Rugrat.”
May 28th, 2004 at 7:39 pm
Question: can MS make software that is hardened?
Answer: NO
Question: Do they provide instructions as to how an enduser can do this?
Answer: NO, unless you count baseline analyzer pfft
What does this prove? That even when building a new version of windows the old problems follow through and probably always will.
Conclusion: Avoid MS atrocities altogether.