Boot Record Rootkit Threatens Vista, XP, NT

http://www2.gmer.net/mbr/

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/08/0154227

I look at your posts regularly, but after clicking on the link and reading the whole article, I'm sometimes overwhelmed at the subject.

Could you post a short description or short paragraph of what the article is relaying? Just a few more words that the header so, I have a little more information.

For example: "researchers looking for technology to quiet helicopter noise have really discovered a way to turn a flat surface into a sound producing speaker".

I tell you what - sony is ONE that will be getting a lot of BAD press from this as if Sony didnt start messing around with thier stupid rootkits in the first place to stop people copying CD's then all this would be as bad as it is now

I say , I say , I Say mmmmmmmmm nothing

Tyrone, this article might boil down the badness this little virus can bring (from BBC)...
Warning on stealthy Windows virus (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7183008.stm)

What does "fully patched" mean, and how do I get it on my computer?

Any of you computer nerds know of a way to keep my machine clean?

What does "fully patched" mean, and how do I get it on my computer?

Any of you computer nerds know of a way to keep my machine clean?

Yeah don't go mud bogging with it.... d'oh!

What does "fully patched" mean, and how do I get it on my computer?

Any of you computer nerds know of a way to keep my machine clean?
"Fully patched" usually means checking with MS's Windows Updates site at least once a month or making sure Automatic Updates is running. Microsoft releases new patches the second Tuesday of each month, so the following Wednesday or even the weekend is a good time to check it.