If you are infected with the tprdpw32.exe or SmartService rootkit, you will not be able to launch many security and anti-virus programs. The Tprdpw32 rootkit will be installed along with a Windows ...

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

Microsoft to remove rootkit component of XCP copy-protection software used by Sony and others In a recent TechNet blog, Jason Garms of Microsoft's Anti-Malware Technology Team outlined how the company ...

The detection and eradication of rootkits — the software code increasingly used to hide malware or adware — is either fairly simple or nearly impossible, depending on which security expert is bringing ...

WOBURN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of Internet threat management solutions that protect against all forms of malicious software, announces that Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0 ...

A new variant of the Gameover malware that steals online banking credentials comes with a kernel-level rootkit that makes it significantly harder to remove, according to security researchers from ...

Spyware, adware, ransomware, rootkits, worms, viruses, trojans, keyloggers, hijackers and more. These days, there are literally millions of ways your computer could get infected by some sort of ...

The revelation 5 years ago that Sony BMG was planting a secret rootkit onto its music customers’ Windows PCs in the name of anti-piracy is seen now as one of the all-time significant events in IT ...

Researchers from security firm Trusteer have found a new variant of the Gozi banking Trojan program that infects a computer’s Master Boot Record (MBR) in order to achieve persistence. The Master Boot ...

Security researchers have identified a new family of Linux rootkits that, despite running from user mode, can be hard to detect and remove. Called Umbreon, after a Pokémon character that hides in the ...