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It is exactly like stealth viruses in DOS, 20 years ago.

The problem is not overwriting MBR; the problem is privilege escalation (in this case, ability to install it's own driver without user's knowledge). The operating system has means to make all processes behave. So now Microsoft throws up hands and says, that they cannot make Windows secure?



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