rootkit

What is a rootkit?

Our antivirus software says it get rid of them. I have never heard of a rootkit before. Does anyone know what it is?

open source a problem

well manu of us are used to open source especially those who specialise in linux and those who use freewares. due to the spread of freewares open source community is getting popular day by...

ROOTKIT! What do you think of this kind of spyware that are inside cd audio?

some cd audio when you try to copy the songs on your pc they install a invisible spyware called "rootkit" that send information about our activity to Sony BMG Entertainment... this cd are sell only...

LifeLock–Identity Theft Protection

One subject that I talk a lot about is security. Criminals have many ways of getting to your computer and your personal information. Protecting your PC is a constant task that requires diligence. Are...

Free Anti-virus Software Solution

If you are like me, you are always searching for ways to protect your personal computer. Probably, the first thing that comes to mind is viruses and worms.Along with millions of other AVG users, I...

Comcast Realizes Blocking By Protocol Is A Problem; Asks BitTorrent For Some Help

Well, well, well. After stubborn silence, non-denial denials, and (finally) a "but we have to!" defense, combined lawsuits and FCC threats, it appears Comcast has realized that its traffic shaping...

Phorm Goes On The Offensive To Defend Its Ad Program On Privacy Questions

Last month, we wrote about the plan by a variety of UK-based ISPs to use all of your clickstream data to target ads to you as you surfed. That is, if you were surfing a golf site and then went and...

British ISPs Hand Over Your Surfing Data To (Former?) Spyware Firm

Earlier this month, we noted that three large UK ISPs had agreed to a questionable deal with a startup named "Phorm." The ISPs would share all of your surfing data with Phorm who would then target...

Rootkits and computer security

I just did an article for the YouK site, the link to it is here, it's all about rootkits and why they strike terror into the heart of any God fearing computer.The problem, I discovered, is that...

MPAA Trying To Rootkit Universities?

Just as the MPAA is strongly pushing for a new law that would require universities to take proactive measures to prevent unauthorized file sharing from happening on university networks, the group is...

Is It A Good Idea To Violate The Security Of Your Customers If They're Security Ignorant?

Rich Kulawiec writes in to point out that security expert Dan Geer is suggesting that merchants violate the security of customers they deem as security risks. His argument is, basically, that there...

Cox Jamming Traffic Just Like Comcast

You didn't think Comcast was the only company jamming certain types of traffic, did you? With all the heat on Comcast, it's no surprise that others are being discovered as well. For example, people...

Comcast's Rootkit Moment

With all the fuss over Comcast's decision to jam certain types of traffic without being even remotely transparent about it, people are starting the countdown to the inevitable lawsuits. This is...