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  2. Rootkit - Wikipedia

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    Rootkit detection is difficult because a rootkit may be able to subvert the software that is intended to find it. Detection methods include using an alternative and trusted operating system , behavior-based methods, signature scanning, difference scanning, and memory dump analysis.

  3. Category:Rootkits - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Rootkits" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  4. Extended Copy Protection - Wikipedia

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    XCP.Sony.Rootkit loads a system filter driver which intercepts all calls for process, directory or registry listings, even those unrelated to the Sony BMG application. This rootkit driver modifies what information is visible to the operating system in order to cloak the Sony BMG software. This is commonly referred to as rootkit technology.

  5. Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal - Wikipedia

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    The two pieces of copy-protection software at issue in the 2005–2007 scandal were included on over 22 million CDs [7] marketed by Sony BMG, the record company formed by the 2004 merger of Sony and BMG's recorded music divisions.

  6. List of compact discs sold with Extended Copy Protection

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    Several security software vendors, including Microsoft, regard XCP as a trojan horse, spyware, or rootkit. [2] MacOS systems that were used to play these CDs may have been affected with a similar program, MediaMax. [3]

  7. Alureon - Wikipedia

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    Alureon (also known as TDSS or TDL-4) is a trojan and rootkit created to steal data by intercepting a system's network traffic and searching for banking usernames and passwords, credit card data, PayPal information, social security numbers, and other sensitive user data. [1]

  8. rkhunter - Wikipedia

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    rkhunter (Rootkit Hunter) is a Unix-based tool that scans for rootkits, backdoors and possible local exploits. [1] It does this by comparing SHA-1 hashes of important files with known good ones in online databases, searching for default directories (of rootkits), wrong permissions, hidden files, suspicious strings in kernel modules, and special tests for Linux and FreeBSD. rkhunter is notable ...

  9. chkrootkit - Wikipedia

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    Chkrootkit (Check Rootkit) is a widely used Unix-based utility designed to aid system administrators in examining their systems for rootkits. Operating as a shell script , it leverages common Unix / Linux tools such as the strings and grep command.