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RootkitRevealer 1.71 (Windows)

RootkitRevealer is an advanced rootkit detection utility. It runs on Windows NT 4 and higher and its output lists Registry and file system API discrepancies that may indicate the presence of a user-mode or kernel-mode rootkit. RootkitRevealer successfully detects all persistent rootkits published at www.rootkit.com, including AFX, Vanquish and HackerDefender...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, RootkitRevealer, Rootkits, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware

Software downloads 2009-01-21

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Bustin' malware!

Bustin' malware!Seems like alot of work.It does not have to be that way. Other options exist.Free AVsBoth Avast! from Alwil and AVG are good, free-for-home-use AVs. I like Avast's automatic update, though the need for email reregistration and the recent habit of the software to demand restarts after each...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Web browsers, SpyBot, AVG, malware, Trend Micro Inc., anti-spyware

Discussion threads 2007-07-09

Trend Micro ships free 'rootkit buster'

Trend Micro has quietly released a rootkit scanning/cleaning utility, belatedly joining the list of anti-vendors pushing out free standalone tools to nab the stealthy computer threats. Trend Micros new RootkitBuster offers the ability to scan for hidden files, registry entries, processes, drivers and hooked system service. It also includes...

Tags: Hackers, Rootkits, Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, rootkit

Blog posts 2007-02-02

Microsoft recommends throwing in the towel on desktop clean up

I find the comments made this week by Mike Danseglio, program manager in the Security Solutions group at Microsoft, a little disturbing. According to one journalist he said: "When you are dealing with rootkits and some advanced spyware programs,...

Tags: malware, Microsoft Corp.

Blog posts 2006-04-06

Sony's antipiracy may end up on antivirus hit lists

Sony's antipiracy may end up on antivirus hit listsRootkits - Kaspersky - InterestingIt is well documented that Kaspersky uses rootkit technology in its implementation of its anti-virus system. Check out Sysinternals (www,sysinternals.com) for some indepth analysis of rootkits and download RootkitRevealer from their site to check your own system.Spyware...

Tags: Rootkits, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, antipiracy, antivirus, Sony Corp., rootkit, spyware, Kaspersky

Discussion threads 2005-11-04

Sony Music CDs surreptitiously install DRM Trojan horses on PCs

Reports are beginning to turn up around the Web that discuss how certain CDs from Sony Music come with a Trojan horse-based digital restrictions management DRM technology that surreptitiously installs itself as a rootkit on Windows PCs. When software surreptitiously installs a rootkit, it's usually doing...

Tags: CD, rootkit

Blog posts 2005-11-01

Undetectable spyware?

Undetectable spyware?The fact that...A RootKit can even function in Windows has to be considered a fundamental flaw in the design of the OS.The differenceThe difference between the virus writers and spyware makers who make rootkits is that the virus people remain anonymous.. The adware/spyware people are identifiable. Ofcourse the...

Tags: Rootkits, Operating systems, Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, Windows API, API, Microsoft Windows, rootkit, AM 0, AM 0 byte, spyware

Discussion threads 2005-02-23