Rootkit.KInject is a sexy new virus. Let's talk about notable viruses we have recently encountered

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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Serious Hardware/Software Crap > Rootkit.KInject is a sexy new virus. Let's talk about notable viruses we have recently encountered

OneEightHundred: Feb 28, 2008; Soon, we will be unstoppable!

Semi-on-topic: I've got a PDF file from a malicious banner ad that makes Vista crash when it previews it and makes Acrobat crash with a Data Execution Protection error, which might mean the PDF has a buffer overflow exploit of some sort. What should I do with this thing?

# ¿ Dec 13, 2008 10:43

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 02:25

OneEightHundred: Feb 28, 2008; Soon, we will be unstoppable!

BeardFacer posted:

Send it to friends as a joke. Or get rid of it.

I mean to send it as a virus sample or something considering I've run 3 online virus scanners on it and all come up clean.

# ¿ Dec 13, 2008 19:26

OneEightHundred: Feb 28, 2008; Soon, we will be unstoppable!

Alan Greenspan posted:

Upload it somewhere because I want to have it.

From the source:
MALICIOUS LINK CLICK AT OWN RISK >>> o

Kaspersky apparently started detecting it 10 days ago. NOD32 doesn't.

# ¿ Dec 14, 2008 01:53

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