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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!"

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  1. Re:And all this time by Johnny+O · · Score: 1, Troll

    Re:And all this time (Score:0)
    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 07, @04:21PM (#5462483)

    And I thought Windows machines were BORN compromised.
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  2. Kevin POULsen? by linuxislandsucks · · Score: 0, Troll

    you mean that dumb ass who got caught rigging Radio show contests by hacking through phones?

    he should speak mor ehonestly since it has been the case that he has used windows rootkits in the first place..Kevin Poulsen go play in the bit stream awhikle and we wil get back to you..

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  3. Re:And all this time by WNight · · Score: 1, Troll

    While I think we should give credit where credit is due. If MS does something good we should say so. (However rare this might be.)

    That said though, MS is a company run by criminals, with a long history of criminal actions. And they've tried to get open source software, the software I and many other users use to make a living, outlawed in the US, or at the least, banned for government use. They're essentially trying to FUD everyone here out of business and mandate use of their software.

    I think it's fair to expect that they're going to get a bad rap, here of all places. Microsofties come here, to the site most identified with open source ideals, and expect that we should kiss the ass of the company doing the most to ruin our way of life. How stupid are they? Even if MS doesn't suck *right now* they suck for all of the things they have done in the past.

    This is my long way of saying that I totally agree. Fuck off to the MS forums where you belong, you trolls. You'll get absolutely no respect here for osculating the prosterior of billy boy and steve "Developers, Developer, Developers" ballmer.

  4. MS already sells rootkits by tiny69 · · Score: 0, Troll

    MS has been releasing rootkits for it's servers for years. Haven't you ever used MS's {NT|2000} Server h@x0r^H^H^H^H^HResource Kit?

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