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Intel to Develop Hardware Rootkit Detection

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the safety-first dept.

Jack writes "ITO is running a story on Intel's latest initiative - a hardware rootkit detector: 'Intel is trying to eliminate the human factor when dealing with root-kits detection by developing a new hardware-based technique to discover and notify users when they are downloading unintentionally a root-kit to their computer.'"

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  1. First Post!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I would think up something witty to say but...

    Hardware base rootkit detector? Bad idea.
    What if I want to run a program that behaves like rootkit due to company policy? Can I disable the rootkit? And if the users find out what would they think?