BitDefender Offers Free Removal Tool for Stuxnet

[leofelix]

BitDefender Offers Free Removal Tool for Stuxnet

BitDefender has just released a free removal tool that allows users infected with Win32.Worm.Stuxnet.

This tool is capable of removing all known variants of Win32.Worm.Stuxnet, as well as the rootkit drivers that are used to conceal critical components of the worm.

Win32.Worm.Stuxnet is a new breed of e-threats that emerged around mid-July. Although it infects all Windows-based systems alike, it primarily targets supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems which run the Siemens WinCC software.

The worm spreads by taking advantage of a multitude of 0-day exploits in the current versions of Windows. Moreover, it can execute itself from an infected removable medium as soon as the .lnk file on the drive has been read by the operating system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in the injection of a backdoor, as well as the installation of two rootkits that will conceal both the .lnk files and the accompanying .tmp files.....

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Download the free removal tool

http://www.malwarecity.com/community/index.php?app=downloads&module=display&section=download&do=confirm_download&id=12

[INDRANIL]

Thank you leo for the info . Going to keep in my box .

[Boyfriend]

Thanks leofelix for information I might find time to test it.

Softpedia and PC Mag announcements.

[Neo]

thats interesting news leo