Experts warn of the rise of the rootkit
April 19, 2006The use of rootkits to conceal both malware and commercially viable Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) is on the rise, new research warned today.
According to the latest report from McAfee's AVERT Labs, in the last three years alone the incident rate of stealth technology has increased by more than 600 percent. The study considers malicious programs using stealth technology to be rootkits, distinct from commercial applications that use stealth technology.
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