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NewsSony's rootkit fiasco
November 21, 2005 The storm over the record label's antipiracy software raises questions about who owns the desktop and what exactly is a rootkit. -
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Grisoft 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. -
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Report: Rootkits becoming increasingly complex
April 18, 2007 But more security firms are designing software to uproot the stealth technology, says McAfee. -
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Microsoft will wipe Sony's 'rootkit'
November 13, 2005 Security tools will detect and remove part of the copy protection tools installed on PCs when music CDs are played. -
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Security A to Z: Rootkits
November 27, 2006 Hackers aren't the only ones using rootkits. The Sony fiasco brought the toolkits into the mainstream. -
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What makes a rootkit?
November 21, 2005 The Sony copy-protection fiasco has moved the term from hacker lingo to a threat known and feared by ordinary PC owners. -
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Will Sony's DRM nightmare affect future policies?
November 12, 2005 Readers weigh in on the security debacle surrounding Sony's rootkit music CDs. -
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Sony CD protection sparks security concerns
November 1, 2005 Anticopying tools used by SonyBMG could be adapted by virus writers, researchers say. -
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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. -
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Sony's CD scheme backfires
November 14, 2005 Do employees who play music CDs with Sony's antipiracy rootkit pose a security risk? -
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Sony pleads innocent in latest rootkit fiasco
August 31, 2007 McAfee joins ranks of those criticizing Sony over rootkit-like behavior of device driver used to run its Micro Vault USB. -
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Attack targets Sony 'rootkit' fix
November 16, 2005 Security firm reports Web sites intended to exploit a flaw in a Sony program designed to remedy security problems in copy-protected CDs. -
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Rootkits get better at hiding
July 19, 2006 Malicious-code writers craft a Trojan horse that may be the "first born of the next generation of rootkits." -
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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. -
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AIM worm plays nasty new trick
October 28, 2005 Pest spreading via America Online's network delivers a cocktail of spyware, security company warns. -
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Sony settles with FTC in rootkit case
January 30, 2007 Proposed agreement includes barring Sony BMG from installing copy protection software on CDs without users' consent. -
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Taking on rootkits with hardware
December 13, 2005 Travis Schluessler, an Intel security architect, explains how the chipmaker's labs plan to take on sophisticated threats.
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