p2pnet.net news:- Grisoft partner AVG UK & Ireland is offering free software to detect and remove rootkits, intended to, “conceal running processes, files or system data from the operating system,” as the Wikipedia describes them.

The most infamous example of recent times was Sony BMG’s dangerous-to-computers rootkit spyware hidden on music CDs. It installed itself without buyers’ knowledge, and Sony BMG is still reaping the fallout.

Rootkits, “were originally used by hackers to cover their tracks after unauthorised access to computers,” says Grisoft. “Today, these techniques have been redesigned in order to mask the presence of malicious software used to gather and exploit personal information such as credit card numbers and social security numbers creating a serious threat to users,” says Grisoft, going on:

“Rootkits have become a severe threat in comparison to traditional malware because conventional antivirus often misses the hidden rootkit. They execute by embedding applications within the operating system, which is also an essential application to many necessary programs including antivirus protection, so it is important to correctly distinguish between malicious rootkits and legitimately hidden processes.”

Click here for an Anti-Rootkit download.

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Also See:
AVG UK & Ireland – AVG Offers New Free Anti-Rootkit to Fight Severe Hidden Threats, April 10, 2007

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Tired of being treated like a criminal? They depend on you, not the other way around. Don’t buy their ‘product’. Do bug your local politicians. Use emails, snail-mail, phone calls, faxes, IM, stop them in the street, blog. And if you’re into organizing, organize petitions, organize demonstrations and then turn up on your local political rep’s doorstep, making sure you’ve contacted your local tv/radio station/newspaper in advance. Don’t just complain. Do something!

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