<span id="hs_cos_wrapper_post_body" class="hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_meta_field hs_cos_wrapper_type_rich_text" style="" data-hs-cos-general-type="meta_field" data-hs-cos-type="rich_text" ><p>Imagine booting up your computer one morning only to find no traces of the hard drive you work from daily. That same one you have 5 years+ of photos, work, etc. <a href="http://blog.threatstop.com/2012/12/31/iranian-computers-under-attack/iran-flag-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-767"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-767" alt="Iran-Flag" src="http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/2548414/Imported_Blog_Media/iran-flag1.gif" width="300" height="225"></a></p> <!--more--> <p>Accoring to the Iranian Computer Emergency Response Team Co-ordination Center, that's exactly what is happening. The new 'Batchwiper' malware hides out on your computer and one day, in one moment, deletes drives D - I on your computer. Gone....like that.</p> <p>Think your anti-virus can catch it? Not this one, Batchwiper also has the ability to disguise itself from antivirus softwares. Disguised as a Microsoft Office 2007 document collaboration feature called Microsoft Office Groove, the .exe file has been causing quite a stir.</p> <p>For more information check out this <a href="https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/iran-cyber-attack-batchwiper-tehran-malware-virus-416174">Article</a>.</p></span>