Malicious Win32.Ntldrbot Rootkit Detected

Russian company, Doctor Web Ltd., a developer of Dr.Web security software, discovered specimens of Win32.Ntldrbot. These days the vendor is cleaning the computers infected with this rootkit, as reported Pr-inside on May 7, 2008.

Recently, the world observed the 30th year of spam, said officials at Doctor Web. The event marked an extensive spam run ranging from an irksome advertisement of Hormel Foods to bulk e-mails of unsolicited messages that turned into a global issue.

Often security vendors have been noticing increase in a malicious traffic for no particular reason. Experts assess that a maximum of 90% of the entire e-mail correspondence is completely unrelated and annoying.

» SPAMfighter News - 13-05-2008