McAfee Labs has released an updated Threat Advisory for W32/Disttrack.
Overview
W32/DistTrack is detection for a worm malware that has extremely destructive behavior. Machines infected by it are rendered useless because most of the files, the Master Boot Record (MBR), and the partition tables are overwritten with random data. The overwritten data is lost and is not recoverable. The system is rendered unbootable.
For details, see Knowledge Base document PD23936 at
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=PD23936.
Overview
W32/DistTrack is detection for a worm malware that has extremely destructive behavior. Machines infected by it are rendered useless because most of the files, the Master Boot Record (MBR), and the partition tables are overwritten with random data. The overwritten data is lost and is not recoverable. The system is rendered unbootable.
For details, see Knowledge Base document PD23936 at
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=PD23936.
