Intel Security, soon to be rebranded as McAfee again, released on Wednesday a scanner that can identify hidden EFI firmware rootkits. Intel said it decided to release the scanner after the recent ...

What kinds of rootkit scanners are available? There are a variety of rootkit scanners available. GMER is free and scans aggressively. The output can be difficult to read, but the program does ...

The detectors themselves typically work by comparing different views of the system and seeing where there's a mismatch. One of the original ways to perform this kind of detection was to dump a ...

In order to protect your PC it is important to download the latest signatures from your Internet security software vendor daily and regularly scan your system to detect and eliminate stealthy viruses, ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. Grisoft's AVG Anti-Rootkit detects and disables rootkits.

Rootkits are still a security scanner’s worst nightmare: New rootkit detection tests recently conducted by AV-Test.org found that security suites and online Web scanners detected overall only a little ...

Rootkits, a type of stealth technology used by malware malefactors, attempt to hide in the dark corners of an infected PC and evade detection. A new post out today from the Microsoft Malware ...