Microsoft is calling recovery from malware impossible, as spyware developers are aiming more and more toward root kits (which most anti-spyware applications cannot detect or remove).
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Offensive rootkits, which are used hide malware programs and maintain an undetectable presence on an infected machine, have become the weapon of choice for virus and spyware writers and, because they often use kernel hooks to avoid detection, Danseglio said IT administrators <u>may never know if all traces of a rootkit have been successfully removed</u>.
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<a href=http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1945808,00.asp>Read the article here</a>.
If your PC's loaded with spyware,
. Note that this article doesn't go into depth on root kits, but some removal tools offer plug-ins and updates that offer this type of detection now. <a href=http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/RootkitRevealer.html>Check out Rootkit Revealer for example.
Microsoft Loses Hope, Calling Spyware Battle Impossible
04-04-2006, 04:14 PM
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