Enterprise anti-virus vendor Sophos on Aug. 23 released a free rootkit detection and removal tool alongside a warning that the stealthy malware threat is a legitimate security concern for businesses.
Sophos, of Lynnfield, Mass., said its
[Only Registered and Activated Users Can See Links. Click Here To Register...] offers an easy-to-use interface to scan all running processes, local hard drives and the Windows registry for rootkits.
The company joins a growing list of Internet security vendors adding rootkit-scanning capabilities to their product lines. Finnish anti-virus outfit F-Secure offers the
[Only Registered and Activated Users Can See Links. Click Here To Register...] rootkit clean-up utility, while BitDefender and others are
[Only Registered and Activated Users Can See Links. Click Here To Register...].
Offensive rootkits, which are typically used by malicious attackers to hide malware on Windows machines, gained mainstream media prominence in November 2005 when it was discovered that
[Only Registered and Activated Users Can See Links. Click Here To Register...] on music CDs to hide a DRM (digital rights management) scheme.
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