This will completely remove the malware from your computer. If your device is affected, the company says to immediately run a backup of your files and restore your operating system to factory settings. To make sure, click here and follow the instructions on that page. You should also make sure that you have the latest version of ASUS Live Update, which fixed the problem.
However, if you are still concerned about this matter, feel free to use ASUS’ security diagnostic tool or contact ASUS Customer Service for assistance.” What can you do now?ĪSUS said, “Only a very small number of specific user group were found to have been targeted by this attack and as such it is extremely unlikely that your device has been targeted. Maybe ASUS and other companies should be more proactive and lock their doors, instead of reacting only when bad actors invite themselves in. The company said it’s also supposed to reduce the chance of future, similar attacks. Asus Live Update: LiveUpdateWin8132VER329.zip, LiveUpdateWin8164VER327.zip, LiveUpdateWin8164VER328.zip, LiveUpdateWin8164VER326.zip, LiveUpdateWin764VER328.zip.
So ASUS has released a new version of its Live Update software in response to the Shadow Hammer threat. Those types of attacks are orchestrated by another country, and typically go after international organizations instead of regular, everyday consumers.Įither way, nobody wants to be the victim of international espionage. The malware is being called, “Shadow Hammer,” and it’s believed this might have been what’s known as an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT). Once it found one of those targeted computers, that’s when the malware was deployed. So far we havent seen any alert about this product. We have seen about 31 different instances of LiveUpdt.exe in different location. That’s because the malware came with instructions to seek out 600 specific systems. LiveUpdt.exe is known as ASUS Live Update and it is developed by unknown, it is also developed by ASUSTeK Computer INC. But here’s the unusual part: it seems the hackers were after a particular set of targets. cap and click update, a few minute and the bios will be updated to the new version. Malware doesn’t often get more convincing than that. Ez Update is a software part of Asus AI Suite, after installing Asus AI Suite open it and in left menu click on Ez Update and just browse the bios file, select a.