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Jacques Erasmus is the director of research at Prevx, a security firm. In a thread about the Black Screen of Death, he clarified that the issue was caused by malware, not a Microsoft security patch. The discussion also covers a file called FixShell.exe, which appeared benign but raised questions about Prevx's claims and operations. This tag is relevant for users interested in security research, malware analysis, and the work of Jacques Erasmus at Prevx.
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    Windows 7 Flip a coin and decide

    FixShell.exe file released by Prevx yesterday shows nothing obviously malicious. It contains a valid XML manifest, and a code certificate backed by VeriSign. And in fact, on our test system with Sophos anti-malware installed, not only did the file not appear to run any process of its own on...
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