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I am a retired librarian, most recently serving at Indiana Wesleyan University's Cleveland Education Center.

Tuesday, December 08, 2015

Nemesis Malware

Jeremy Kirk warns of Nemesis, a new malware which loads before Windows boots, and thus cannot be recognized or removed by a normal antivirus solution. According to security firm Mandiant, "System administrators should perform a complete physical wipe of any systems compromised with a bootkit and then reload the operating system."

-DD

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