Cross-platform virus spreading as Microsoft expands MAPP program
ESET Research warned that an old virus, dubbed Expiro, has learned new cross-platform infection tricks. It is “able to infect 32-bit and 64-bit files (also, 64-bit files can be infected by an infected 32-bit file),” making “the range of potential victims almost universal.” Expiro, sometimes also called Xpiro, aims to:
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