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What’s a rootkit, and how can I check for rootkits installed on my machine?

December 10th, 2005 . by Ali

A rootkit is a term used to describe mechanisms that allow malware such as viruses and spyware to hide their existence from tools that are designed to eradicate them. Rootkits commonly open back doors to systems so that malicious intruders can access the system with administrative credentials or intruders use them on the machine to maintain their access. See here for more information about rootkits.

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One Response to “What’s a rootkit, and how can I check for rootkits installed on my machine?”

  1. comment number 1 by: Ashley

    I feel I just have been informed about this issue
    at pub 2 days ago by a colleague, but at that time
    it didn’t caugh my attention.

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