Sophos PLC has released a free tool to help PC users root out rootkits. Called Sophos Anti-Rootkit, the software will detect and remove both known and unknown rootkits, and it will also warn system ...

chkrootkit is very dumb. Very dumb, very simple.<BR><BR>It's just a series of simple tests that check for signs that are commonly associated with known rootkits.<BR><BR>The test that gets back a false ...

Antivirus firms Trend Micro and Sophos have developed new tools to discover rootkit infections but both are attacking the problem from a slightly different angle. Rootkits are powerful programs that ...

Microsoft hopes to beef up its security capabilities with the acquisition of Komoku, a developer of rootkit detection products, announced on Thursday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.