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Battling the Rustock Threat

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  • Version: 1.0
  • Category: Document
  • Language: English

This document provides an overview of the Win32/Rustock family of rootkit-enabled backdoor trojans.

This document provides an overview of the Win32/Rustock family of rootkit-enabled backdoor trojans. The document examines the background of Win32/Rustock, its functionality, how it works, and provides threat telemetry data and analysis from calendar year 2010 through May 2011. In addition, this document details the legal and technical action used to takedown the Rustock botnet and how to detect and remove the threat using Microsoft antimalware products.

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Battling the Rustock Threat_English.pdf
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Battling the Rustock Threat_English.xps

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System Requirements

Operating Systems: Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP, Windows 7

Any supported Operating System

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