anandk
Distinguished Member
Blogs everywhere are screaming "Vista attacked by 13-year-old virus" ! Sensational it does sound; but the story is a little different, actually !
A batch of laptops pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Premium & Bullguard Anti Virus, was found to have been infected with a 13-year-old boot sector virus.
According to Virus Bulletin, the consignment of infected 100,000 Medion laptops, had been sold in German & Danish branches "Aldi". Bullguard's anti-virus software, failed to detect and remove the malware. The virus however doesn't appear to have caused any damage on Vista.
Bullguard spokesman had this to say : "...although the firm's software failed to remove the virus it had in fact detected the presence of the ancient malware on the affected Vista machines. Because the virus had laid dormant for so long signature files were no longer present in its anti-virus software to clean up the virus. Anti-virus firms have to regularly make judgment calls over which signature files should be present in the boot sector. Too many could impact the speed at which a machine boots which can be frustrating for the user." A fix has been released by the company.
But then again ... its sensational headlines like these, which get HITS !
A batch of laptops pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Premium & Bullguard Anti Virus, was found to have been infected with a 13-year-old boot sector virus.
According to Virus Bulletin, the consignment of infected 100,000 Medion laptops, had been sold in German & Danish branches "Aldi". Bullguard's anti-virus software, failed to detect and remove the malware. The virus however doesn't appear to have caused any damage on Vista.
Bullguard spokesman had this to say : "...although the firm's software failed to remove the virus it had in fact detected the presence of the ancient malware on the affected Vista machines. Because the virus had laid dormant for so long signature files were no longer present in its anti-virus software to clean up the virus. Anti-virus firms have to regularly make judgment calls over which signature files should be present in the boot sector. Too many could impact the speed at which a machine boots which can be frustrating for the user." A fix has been released by the company.
But then again ... its sensational headlines like these, which get HITS !
