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New Antivirus Tests Show Rootkits Hard to Kill
ancientribe writes "Security suites and online Web scanners detect only a little more than half of all rootkits, according to new tests conducted by independent test organization AV-Test.org. Many of today's products struggle to clean up the ones they find. AV-Test.org also found that a few big name AV scanners had serious problems finding and removing active rootkits, such as Microsoft Windows Live OneCare 1.6.2111.32 and McAfee VirusScan 2008 11.2.121."
486/I66 with 8
Rootkits are not viruses. So what does antivirus have to do with defending against rootkits? Or is all malware today called 'virus' no matter what it does? I've been on a malware-free OS for so long that I don't even know the terminology anymore.
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
Regarding the recent SSL bungle:
I'm not placing blame on anyone, but let us consider for a moment:
How long would it take a member of a rogue organization, a company such as Microsoft, or an intelligence agency to land a spot into such a role as a code monkey at Debian.org, under the guise of a pro-FOSS person? You do know all three examples above are quite savvy when it comes to infiltration, mafias, corporations, and intelligence agencies do this all of the time. So let us suppose this is what happened here, and considering the wide range of impact with this issue, I believe this is exactly what may have happened.
What checks and balances are in place to weed out potential moles? Any? And would you really know what to look for even if such a policy is in place? Perhaps this question is worthy of an "Ask Slashdot" submission?
How do you deal with the most sinister of rootkits: the human mole?
How many Tor hidden services (.onion) were taken down because of MITM attacks related to this issue? Fucking moles!
legalize marijuana - jack herer - NORML - MPP
Quit jailing non-violent marijuana smokers/growers they don't need their hineys plundered and lives ruined by poverty and disease for enjoying nature!
If smoking marijuana makes you lazy, why are a majority of sober Americans fat and apathetic, failing to do anything useful about the land of nothing for free other than posting easily forgotten content to their worthless ego-masturbatory blogs?
But why think when you can masturbate? After all, the goverMICROSOFTnment knows how to take care of us.