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The Microsoft Malware Protection Center (MMPC) is referenced in discussions about the Alureon rootkit, which severely impacted Windows XP SP3 users by rendering infected PCs unbootable. Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) cleaned over 356,000 Alureon infections, with only 3.5% on Windows 7, indicating the operating system's relative immunity. The tag covers malware analysis, rootkit behavior, and Microsoft's security response through tools like MSRT.
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Windows 7 Almost Immune to the Alureon Rootkit A nightmare for XP SP3 users
7 is almost immune to a piece of malware that has proven a real nightmare to users running older versions of the Windows client. Windows XP SP3 customers particularly have been hit extremely hard by Alureon, a rootkit that failed to play nice with a Windows kernel update and ended up rendering...- whoosh
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