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Six Rootkit Detectors To Protect Your PC

Posted by samzenpus on from the rate-them dept.

An anonymous reader writes "InformationWeek has a review of 6 rootkit detectors.This issue became big last year when Sony released some music CDs which came with a rootkit that silently burrowed into PCs. This review looks at how you can block rootkits and protect your machine using F-Secure Backlight, IceSword, RKDetector, RootkitBuster, RootkitRevealer, and Rookit Unhooker."

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  1. Security solutions by chris(pinecone) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Shouldn't these tools be a part of already-existent anti-virus solutions? Why another application for rootkits if trojans, virii, and spyware detection are (usually) in the same package? It's not like rootkits are new threats.

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  2. Nervous about these... by ubuwalker31 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Is it just me, or am I being overly cautious not wanting to download a rootkit detector from Chinese and Russian software developers? Are these programs opensource? Are they safe? Anyone?

  3. Re:Rootkit by chris(pinecone) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Most rootkits target *nix. OS X is a Unix variant. But since Macs don't ever get viruses, I'm sure it would be impossible to get past Apple's expert, fully-secure software.

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