14 Feb 2010
A hard-to-detect rootkit is reporting to cause Windows XP systems to crash following Microsoft's latest security updates.
Windows users began flooding Windows support forums this week,
saying that their computers had been rendered unusable with a
blue-screen-of-death (BSOD) error after installing Microsoft's
February security updates, released Tuesday. On Thursday, Microsoft
stopped shipping the MS10-015 update, which had been linked to the
issue, and said it was investigating.
Security vendor Kaspersky Lab has released a
standalone utility that removes the TDSS infection. LightPath
IT highly recommend you run this update prior to installing the
latest security updates in case your machine is infected.
