Rootkit Revealer was created by the guys at SysInternals and since Microsoft bought SysInternals it calls Microsoft home. The current version is v1.71 and is available as a free download from Microsoft. I ran the Rootkit Revealer on my Windows XP SP2 PC. It found two registry keys that were suspect but a quick search [...] Read more »
Google Getting Into Malware Detection
Malware distribution has been moving to the web and now Google is moving into the anti-malware business. The question is: Are they looking to get into it as a business or are they getting into it to protect their business? In early May Google published their Ghost in the Browser(pdf) report. The headlines from the [...] Read more »
News Report: Microsoft OneCare Flunks Virus Test
Beta News is reporting that Microsoft acknowledged that their Microsoft Onecare product flunked the Anti-virus tests given by the Virus Bulletin in February. From the article… “We are looking closely at the methodology and results of the test to ensure that Windows Live OneCare performs better in future tests,” the Microsoft spokesperson told us, “and, [...] Read more »
Grisoft AVG Releases Free Anti-Rootkit
Grisoft is offerring a free anti-rootkit scanner. The scanner was easy to install and run despite not having any documentation. The program does promote their paid anti-virus software of course but it’s not obnoxious and there’s no disabled features in this version that points you to the full version. Read more »