Malware Causing XP BSOD Confirms Microsoft

Microsoft Corp. has confirmed that the reason why some Windows systems unexpectedly rebooting after users attempted to install the latest security patch was a rootkit program. The malware was present on the affected systems which incidentally had altered the operating system kernel. The Microsoft Security Response Centre (MSRC) has attributed the modifications made by the Alureon rootkit in the OS kernel as the primary cause behind the Windows system crash while...