The mysterious Avatar rootkit, detected by ESET as Win32/Rootkit.Avatar, appears to reflect a heavy investment in code development, with an API and a SDK available, plus an interesting abuse of Yahoo ...

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 ...

Panda Anti-Rootkit digs deeper than any other anti-rootkit tool I've seen, telling you exactly what it found. For safety it won't delete files digitally signed by Microsoft—smart! And it wiped out ...

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This free app makes a useful distinction between known and unknown rootkits, though it recommends removing only known ones. But it couldn't remove every rootkit it detected. Worse, it reported success ...

Rootkits hide processes, files, and network connections and can be written to perform like a device driver on any operating system. Most people associate rootkits with the questionable practices of ...

Nowadays, even the technophobic PC users have a reasonable understanding of the common varieties of malware. Its a virus if it tries to infect other PCs. Its a worm if it tries to propagate itself ...

As if there weren't enough threats coming at you via the Internet, now you have to secure your systems against rootkits, as well. Rootkits are similar to spyware, viruses and worms in that they're ...

Wajam is an adware program that displays advertisements in search engine result pages and possibly other social sites that you visit. In order to inject these ads, Wajam will install browser ...

Dr. Chris Hillman, Global AI Lead at Teradata, joins eSpeaks to explore why open data ecosystems are becoming essential for enterprise AI success. In this episode, he breaks down how openness — in ...