BOO/TDss.O

Posted: December 21, 2011

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Threat Level:	9/10
Infected PCs:	19

First Seen:	December 21, 2011
Last Seen:	June 27, 2022
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

BOO/TDss.O is a label for a crucial Windows component that's infected by a confirmed member of the Alureon family of rootkits. BOO/TDss.O infections have been seen in multiple versions of Windows, including both 64-bit and 32-bit environments, and should be considered severe threats to your operating system's security and stability. Although there aren't many visible symptoms of a BOO/TDss.O infection, related attacks from the Alueron family of rootkits can include attempts to steal personal information and even DNS alterations that hearken back to particularly-infamous DNS Changer attacks. Like all rootkits, BOO/TDss.O is an advanced PC threat that should be removed by appropriately sophisticated anti-malware software, lest you damage your operating system in the process of deleting BOO/TDss.O.

BOO/TDss.O – Guaranteeing That You Pay No Attention to the Rootkit Behind the Curtain

As a compromised MBR, BOO/TDss.O is just one part of an Alureon infection that always includes multiple components. In most, but not all circumstances, BOO/TDss.O is affiliated with Trojan:Win32/Alureon.FE. A BOO/TDss.O-infected Master Boot Record's functions are sophisticated but narrow, and include changing your PC's digital signature-checking settings and loading a second PC threat that conceals other components of the Alureon rootkit. Because related PC threats will load into memory, as opposed to using their own memory processes, there may be zero symptoms of an infection that includes BOO/TDss.O and other Alureon-based PC threats.

In a minority of circumstances, BOO/TDss.O may cause your PC to fail to boot properly. SpywareRemove.com malware researchers have particularly observed this issue in Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP environments. Nonetheless, for most PCs, BOO/TDss.O is unlikely to be obviously detectable, despite the severe security violations that can be involved in the attacks of related PC threats. Deleting BOO/TDss.O and related PC threats safely may require both anti-malware software and a means of booting your PC that circumvents the infected Windows components (such as booting Windows from a removable device).

The Risks That Come with Ignoring a BOO/TDss.O Infection

The low-key nature of BOO/TDss.O may make it tempting to treat BOO/TDss.O as ignorable, but SpywareRemove.com malware researchers emphasize BOO/TDss.O's ties to high-level PC threats that can be extraordinarily dangerous to both your privacy and your computer's security. BOO/TDss.O's potential involvement with Alureon-based attacks makes it a clear duty to delete BOO/TDss.O ASAP. These attacks are particularly likely to include browser redirects to phishing sites that steal information, or attacks that steal personal information directly as its submitted via web forms. This can include bank account passwords and similar types of financial information, as well as login data for website management software.

Different brands of anti-malware software can detect BOO/TDss.O by different names. BOO/TDss.O aliases that SpywareRemove.com malware researchers have confirmed include Trojan:DOS/Alureon.F, Trojan.DOS.Alureon, Troj/TdlMbr-D, TDSS!mbr, Trojan.Tdlbkfs.2 and Alureon.

BOO/TDss.O

Threat Metric

BOO/TDss.O – Guaranteeing That You Pay No Attention to the Rootkit Behind the Curtain

The Risks That Come with Ignoring a BOO/TDss.O Infection

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