Microsoft Says Recovery from Malware Becoming Impossible
Mike Danseglio, a Microsoft security official said businesses should consider investing in an automated process to wipe hard drives and reinstall operating systems as a practical way to recover from malware infestation.
"When you are dealing with rootkits and some advanced spyware programs, the only solution is to rebuild from scratch. In some cases, there really is no way to recover without nuking the systems from orbit".
Offensive rootkits hide malware programs and maintain an undetectable presence on an infected machine. They often use kernel hooks to avoid detection so administrators may never know if all traces of a rootkit have been successfully removed.
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