Six Rootkit Detectors To Protect Your PC 108
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."
Blue Pill (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:On debian/ubuntu (Score:2, Interesting)
MAC-OSX.. see it has six letters to.
Is there a decent one for OS-X?
Re:Rootkit (Score:2, Interesting)
I would not bet my life on that. Even though I consider the default security in my choice of GNU/Linux distro to be tighter than OS-X, I still use Knoppix (a CD based GNU/LINUX OS) for internet banking. It is the only TRUE assurance of safety from being rooted.
Root of the problem with Windows (Score:4, Interesting)
As regards the article, I read most of it, and might finish it later, but I wasn't too impressed with it or with the rootkit-detection tools that I've experimented with in the past. I'm supposed to be something of a computer expert, and I've certainly been using them long enough, but I regard myself as pretty much a helpless infant in these areas. If the NSA is planning to root my computer because I regard Dubya as an asinine embarrassment to my nation, I don't seriously expect to be able to do anything about it. Sure, I can use an expert's tools in many cases, but that doesn't make me any match for a real expert with corresponding tools. Or returning to the weapon metaphor, I may have a great gun, and even be competent enough in using it, but I'm sure that a seriously experienced killer would have little trouble taking me out, even with an inferior weapon.
In conclusion, "It's a poor craftsman who blames his tools", but it's also a poor craftsman who can't tell the difference...