Six Rootkit Detectors To Protect Your PC

An anonymous reader writes "InformationWeek has a review of 6 rootkit detectors.This issue became big last year when Sony released some music CDs which came with a rootkit that silently burrowed into PCs. This review looks at how you can block rootkits and protect your machine using F-Secure Backlight, IceSword, RKDetector, RootkitBuster, RootkitRevealer, and Rookit Unhooker."

I can see...

[42Penguins]

"helpful" activex popup ads:
Yuor compooter may be infectad with eh rootkit! Instal Pwn0r T0olbar now 2 protekt your system from teh threts!

"The concept of the rootkit isn't a new one,

[Indes]

... And dates back to the days of Unix. "

    Whew. Good thing GNU is Not Unix.

Re:"The concept of the rootkit isn't a new one,

[djh101010]

... And dates back to the days of Unix. "

Whew. Good thing GNU is Not Unix.

I'm not seeing what your point is, can you explain? Or am I trying to overanalyze a throw-away comment? I do that sometimes...

Re:Summarized: The free one is the best!

[Anonymous Coward]

You just trolling? If you read the article you would know that they were all free.

Yeah, but this one is free as in vodka.

Easier solution...

[Stormwatch]

Do NOT buy music from stores. Instead, get them from torrents. It's safer!

Re:"The concept of the rootkit isn't a new one,

[Evilest Doer]

I'm not seeing what your point is, can you explain? Or am I trying to overanalyze a throw-away comment? I do that sometimes...

I think you missed the memo when you worked on The TTP Project.

Re:I can see...

[Jesus_666]

"helpful" activex popup ads:
Yuor compooter may be infectad with eh rootkit! Instal Pwn0r T0olbar now 2 protekt your system from teh threts!

Damn. I've been googling for hours now - do you have an idea where I can get the Linux or OS X version of Pwn0r T0olbar or maybe the source? I want to be protekted from teh threts too!

Re:What if Sony made a rootkit detector?

[Anonymous Coward]

1. Windows Defender does exist.
2. Windows Defender is freeware.
3. Windows Defender is malware removalal tool, not a firewall.
4. You're tool late, I already laughed.

Where can I download...

[mh101]

...the Mac version of these tools?

Oh, wait...

Re:Security solutions

[Macthorpe]

Norton AV 2007 boasts rootkits

Fixed for you :P

(Yes I know it's not true, but you'd have to pay me severely large amounts of money to expose my system to anything by Symantec)

Re:Nervous about these...

[Anonymous Coward]

Considering the piece of shit OS you're using from American developers, why not?

Besides, Russians are hardcore. They can do what they damn well like!

Re:Nervous about these...

[pipatron]

It's not just you. It's a well known fact that all Chinese and Russian developers are evil communists that only release free code to promote their evil communist way of sharing! Remember what the RIAA told you [users.du.se].

Re:"The concept of the rootkit isn't a new one,

[Fred_A]

Speaking of which, could we stick to rootkit for Unix and administratorkit for Windows ? It would be much less confusing.

Re:I can see...

[rvw]

"helpful" activex popup ads:
Yuor compooter may be infectad with eh rootkit! Instal Pwn0r T0olbar now 2 protekt your system from teh threts!

Damn. I've been googling for hours now - do you have an idea where I can get the Linux or OS X version of Pwn0r T0olbar or maybe the source? I want to be protekted from teh threts too!

To get this level of protection you should install Windows. These toolbars, you probably won't even have to install them. They come all by themselves.

Re:Nervous about these...

[kevinkite]

In Soviet Russia kits root YOU!

Re:"The concept of the rootkit isn't a new one,

[Chacham]

>>And dates back to the days of Unix. "
>Whew. Good thing GNU is Not Unix.

Which is why "The concept of the rootkit isn't a GNU one"