Anti-stealth fighters: testing for rootkit detection and removal

2008-04-01

Andreas Marx

AV-Test.org, Germany

Maik Morgenstern

AV-Test.org, Germany
Editor: Helen Martin

Abstract

While it is easy for a good signature-driven product to find a known sample that has not yet been activated, thanks to rootkit technology it is becoming increasingly challenging for products to detect samples once they are running and trying to hide themselves and other malicious components. Andreas Marx and Maik Morgenstern present the results of two recent rootkit detection tests.


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