Hi! All,
I am creating this post to alert everyone that a new rootkit is out and about. I found out the hard way that this little beast downloads multiple viruses, trojans, worms, adware, spyware, and other rootkits and is not detectable by NIS 2009 or 2010, Ad-Aware 2009 or 2010, Spybot Search and Destroy, Windows Defender, MalwareBytes Anti-Malware, SuperAnti-Spyware or A Squared antimalware. This thing blocks access to all security related sites and prevents any new anti-malware programs from being installed or downloaded. It add a dial-up connection to a number that is to Microsoft Activation Servers if a successful connection is made it attempts to collect Product Keys and compare new keys to find a valid one to replace the infected systems product key with. It may even go unnoticed by someone without technical training to identify the subtle hints of infection. If a downloaded addition to the rootkit is detected it merely replaces the detected item with a new one. It cannot be removed by conventional means either. I had a PC Security Specialist check my system and in the specialists estimated 20 years of service he had never seen such a thing and surmises it to be fourth generation but gives no guarantee as to the generation. I had to perform a low-level format with security eraser twice to get rid of it; a standard low-level format will not destroy the rootkit it survives the process. A full high level is required to get an uncompromised clean install of Windows. It would have been nice to have had the chance to submit a copy of this thing for analysis to help protect others.I hope someone else is kept safe by reading this and remember to keep your security programs up to date because out of date ones are merely destroyed by the rootkit; it can even embed itself in some security programs to avoid detection if the program is out of date.