CRN

Rootkits To Mask Most Malware By 2008

In the opening quarter of 2006, said McAfee in the first of a trilogy of reports on rootkits, its Avert Labs spotted more rootkit components in worms, Trojan horses, and spyware than in all of 2005.
techtimes

Rootkit Malware Masquerades As Free VPN Service: Here's What Zacinlo Does And How To Protect Yourself

A rootkit-based malware disguised as a free VPN service has infected at least thousands of Windows PCs, according to Romanian cybersecurity and antivirus software company BitDefender. The group behind ...
PC Magazine

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware Free 1.51

The one area where the scanner didn't excel was rootkit removal. It detected 57 percent of the samples that use rootkit technology and scored 3.6 points. After its cleanup finished, the rootkit ...
techtimes

Microsoft Confirms Rootkit Malware to Be Allowed on Windows After Signing It Off, Is it Gone Now?

Microsoft has confirmed that it has signed off on the recently discovered "rootkit malware" found on the Windows platform, which is believed to be a potential point of access for threat actors. The ...
Network World

Malware and rootkits team up for mayhem

Home alone after school one day, Tommy scans through the latest blogs and teen Web sites, stopping for a chat or two. Somewhere along the way, the computer’s browser hits a site that instantly and ...
Bleeping Computer

Remove the Tprdpw32.exe and SmartService Rootkit

If you are infected with the tprdpw32.exe or SmartService rootkit, you will not be able to launch many security and anti-virus programs. The Tprdpw32 rootkit will be installed along with a Windows ...
Custom PC Review

The Best Malware Removal Tools of 2018

Spyware, adware, ransomware, rootkits, worms, viruses, trojans, keyloggers, hijackers and more. These days, there are literally millions of ways your computer could get infected by some sort of ...
Government Technology

Malware with Rootkit Features Grows

An alarming increase in the amount of malicious code using rootkit techniques has been detected recently. In 2006 there was a 62 percent annual increase and the forecast for 2007 is equally ...
PC World

Gameover malware tougher to kill with new rootkit component

A new variant of the Gameover malware that steals online banking credentials comes with a kernel-level rootkit that makes it significantly harder to remove, according to security researchers from ...
TechCrunch

Scranos, a new rootkit malware, steals passwords and pushes YouTube clicks

Security researchers have discovered an unusual new malware that steals user passwords and account payment methods stored in a victim’s browser — and also silently pushes up YouTube subscribers and ...
Graham Cluley

Android rootkits – malware on your smartphone

Many of you are probably familiar with the concept of rootkits – malicious software that lurks hidden at a low-level on your Windows or Unix computer, remaining undetected by conventional anti-virus ...