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Windows Rootkits

Posted by michael on from the every-box-should-have-one dept.

GuidoJ writes "The Register is running an article by Kevin Poulsen of SecurityFocus Online about rootkits in Windows NT. While rootkits are a well-known issue in Unix and Linux systems, they have rarely been found on compromised Windows machines. According to the article, Windows NT backdoors have always been 'trivial', and they have caused enough havoc already. Imagine what a stealthy rootkit could do!"

2 of 322 comments (clear)

  1. Yeah, It Turns My Wife On. by Shturmovik · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    She's under my desk right now. Oh no wait, that's the dog...

  2. Windows: Point - Click - Infect by Seventh+Knight · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Windows may be easy to use, but its also easy to exploit. This article may be of interest to some of you that are truely concerned with this problem. http://www.seventhknight.com/c/pr/030703.html