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Showing 1-15 of 15 results foundGrisoft offers free rootkit fighting tool
April 10, 2007 AVG Anti-Rootkit can detect and remove malicious software used to hide other nefarious applications on PCs.Report: Rootkits becoming increasingly complex
April 18, 2007 But more security firms are designing software to uproot the stealth technology, says McAfee.Start-up Robot Genius deploys new security technology
April 30, 2007 Threefold software package is designed to address all sides of malicious software problems.Microsoft: Zombies most prevalent Windows threat
June 12, 2006 Scan finds that more than 60 percent of compromised PCs are infected with bot software.Homeland Security official suggests outlawing rootkits
February 17, 2006 With mishaps like the Sony BMG fiasco, outlawing rootkits might be the way to go, a Homeland Security official suggests.Sony 'rootkit' prompts office clampdown on CD use
November 14, 2005 IT departments are reacting to a new threat: users bringing CDs to work that can introduce rootkit-like software to their systems.Symantec closes off hiding place for hackers
January 12, 2006 Feature in Norton SystemWorks could offer cybercriminals a place to hide malicious software--just like a rootkit.Sony's antipiracy may end up on antivirus hit lists
November 4, 2005 Security software makers consider adding protection against the cloaking tool in Sony's anticopying technology.Rootkit numbers rocketing up, McAfee says
April 17, 2006 Security company sees a 700 percent rise in software used to cloak code, whether Trojan horses or commercial programs.Trojan horses steal bank details, passwords
March 24, 2006 Cybercriminals use new Trojan horse tricks to steal money via bank Web sites and to nab personal passwords.'Bots' for Sony CD software spotted online
November 10, 2005 Trojan horses use controversial tool from copy-protected albums to hide on hard drives and take over computers.Sony to patch copy-protected CD
November 2, 2005 Facing fears that its piracy-proofed CDs could help virus writers, record label is working closely with antivirus companies to offer patch.Virus writers use open-source methods
July 17, 2006 Antivirus vendor McAfee cites potential for harm if power, efficiency of open source is misused.This week in security
January 14, 2006 New version of Apple's iTunes software draws ire of privacy advocates for sending information about computer users' playlists back to Apple.Sony offers new CDs, MP3s for recalled discs
November 18, 2005 Customers can exchange a copy-protected CD for authorized MP3 downloads and a new, unprotected CD.
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