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As if the real world COVID-19 pandemic was not bad enough, hackers have developed a virtual malware that researchers say can delete your PC’s data.

There’s now COVID-19 malware that will wipe your PC and rewrite your MBR – ZDNet

With the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic raging all over the globe, some malware authors have developed malware that destroys infected systems, either by wiping files or rewriting a computer’s master boot record (MBR).

Link: https://www.zdnet.com/article/theres-now-covid-19-malware-that-will-wipe-your-pc-and-rewrite-your-mbr/

via: ZDNet

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