[manarth]

> "It's a executable rootkit"

I hate to join in the terminology argument, but is it really a rootkit? After all, it doesn't (according to the reports) disguise its presence, which discards "rootkit" as a classification.

It seems to be pretty much run-of-the-mill malware. It would be interesting to understand the delivery mechanism (email, or whatever).

And if people will install untrusted third-party software, delivered by an untrustworthy mechanism, then they inevitably accept a certain amount of exposure.