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Home › Malware removal › Rootkits Are Bombarding XP SP2 Systems

Rootkits Are Bombarding XP SP2 Systems

Myantispyware team December 8, 2005     No Comment    

More than 20 percent of all malware removed from Windows XP SP2 (Service Pack 2) systems are stealth rootkits, according to senior official in Microsoft Corp.’s security unit.
Jason Garms, architect and group program manager in Microsoft’s Anti-Malware Technology Team, said the open-source FU rootkit ranks high on the list of malicious software programs deleted by the free Windows worm zapping utility.

It’s not clear to me if Garms is referring to the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool or the new Windows One Care, which is still in beta.

For those who didn’t know, the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool can be downloaded to your own computer and run locally. I’ve been recommending this more in the forum because it removes some rootkits and the backdoors/trojans that often accompany rootkits. The list of of malicious threats it removes can be found here.

Also you can try free program – RootkitRevealer

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Author: Myantispyware team

Myantispyware is an information security website created in 2004. Our content is written in collaboration with Cyber Security specialists, IT experts, under the direction of Patrik Holder and Valeri Tchmych, founders of Myantispyware.com.

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