For the second month in a row, Microsoft has tried to eradicate a mutating rootkit that has blocked some Windows users from installing security updates. According to the Microsoft Malware Prevention ...

A week ago, Microsoft officials said they were removing one of the company's Windows patches from the Windows Update pipeline because of reports of blue-screening by some XP users after applying that ...

In mid-February, Microsoft halted automatic distribution of one of its Windows patches, blaming the interaction of the patch with already-present malware on users' systems for a rash of blue-screen-of ...

Microsoft just released its May Threat Report, and the results should give you pause. With nearly 2 million infected systems cleaned, the nefarious Alureon rootkit came out on top. Since it first ...

Redmond announced today it has found the cause of reported rebooting problems after some Windows users installed a recent patch: The systems were infected with malware. Specifically, the Alureon ...

H8SRT (Known as Alureon in some places) drops the FakeCog Ransomware and at least one keylogger.<BR><BR>It is not a sophisticated rootkit and contains little in the way of self-defence, though it will ...

Microsoft late on Wednesday confirmed that a rootkit caused Windows PCs to crash after users applied a security patch issued last week. Only systems infected with the Alureon rootkit were ...

Microsoft has re-released a troublesome Patch Tuesday update that was, in part, causing XP machines to crash. As of today, MS10-015 will be once again pushed out to Windows users through Automatic ...