No Defense Against Windows Rootkits?

An anonymous reader writes "Spyware bad guys (and also phishing people) started using rootkits technology to stay hidden in a system. The problem is that at the moment the technology to defend a Windows system from these things is very poor. In fact antivirus companies have just started adding basic anti-rootkits technology. So the problem is serious, and well outlined by this question: Is the closed source code of Windows preventing us from actively defending our systems?"

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Re:It works both ways, but it's worse for MS

[ScentCone]

Modded flamebait. Are the Linux fans in the audience so insecure about the fact that their favorite son is not completely un-assailable that they're willing to kill the messenger? I guess so.

Re:It works both ways, but it's worse for MS

[GlL]

OK, Reality check time. I am a tech with 10 years experience working with Pc's and Macs. I haven't had the neccessity or motivation to learn Linux, mainly because I don't think it will be widely used outside of technical applications, and I make my money doing user support. I don't have time to learn a whole new command structure that I won't have the opportunity to use. As of right now of the roughly 10,000 customers my company serves 0% of them are running linux.

To configure Linux you have to be comfortable in its command line, and have a basic unix background so that you know what the commands are. The advantage that both Windows and Mac have is that it is comparatively easier to install by the end-user. We can talk about the security issues, etc, but until Linux can be completely administered from a gui, it won't expand outside of the back-end server applications that it mainly runs now. So I really don't want to hear about how secure (Insert favorite *nix version here).

What I am interested in is:
Have you developed a version of linux that can be COMPLETELY installed, administered and run from a gui?

I am not a linux basher, and I sincerely hope that it becomes more developed and popular than it is now. I have no allegiance to any specific OS, I think that they all have their drawbacks, but I am going to continue avoiding linux until my customers start using it.