Cisco Systems’ Talos team has developed an open-source tool that can protect the master boot record of Windows computers from modification by ransomware and other malicious attacks. The tool, called ...

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A new ransomware variant prevents infected computers from loading Windows by replacing their master boot record (MBR) and displays a message asking users for money, according to security researchers ...

I have a Vaio PCG-N505VE. It does not have a CD drive. After a failed attempt of installing Fedora on it, I now wish to put Win2K on. <BR>I pulled the HD and put it in an external exclosure. I then ...

A new Thanos ransomware strain is trying and failing to deliver the ransom note onto compromised systems by overwriting the computers' Windows master boot record (MBR). The new Windows MBR locker ...

Is there any reliable way to do this? I've tried dd if=/dev/hda count=1 but it gave me a file that was 513 bytes and I don't think it was the master boot record. Where is the mbr located? In other ...

Boot Sector Viruses are malicious programs that reside in your hard drive. They infect your machine by replacing your Master Boot Record (MBR) or DOS Boot Sector with their code. In some cases, boot ...

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Windows 11 prep: How to convert MBR hard drive partitions to GPT Your email has been sent Current users of Windows 10 who plan to update their operating systems to Windows 11 when it is released in ...