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Rootkit
Definition
The rootkit is a whole of programs intended to compromise a system in order to obtain some and to maintain an access root there (administrator).
Description
Conceived to be furtive, they are in the majority of the cases able to infiltrate the core (kernel) operating system in order to be dissimulated and to intercept the calls system in order to return answers faked to the other software. Of course, while being hidden in the low layers of the operating system, the rootkits are undetectable by the standard tools of safety, like the antiviruses. From this specificity, the rootkits are very difficult to locate, only by carrying out an attentive control of the operation of the processes and connections. Few tools at the present time make it possible to flush out the rootkits, quote simply RootkitRevealer, which is one of most known for Windows.
Author
aziz
Author Email
azizjipsbd@yahoo.com
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