Rootkit Poll


Rootkit Infected Users  

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  1. 1. Have you been infected with any form of Rootkit exploit?

    • Yes
      4
    • No
      41


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As a security demographic challenged or a savy computer security consultant/users, or who ever you maybe, please vote. I want to know the number of neowinian who has come in full exposure with Sony Rootkit or any other kind of Rootkit exploits.

To check to see if you have a Sony rootkit in your system, run CMD

$>cd\Windows\System32

$>cd $sys$filesystem

If you have the error that says "The system cannot find the path specified.", then you don't have Sony Rootkit. If that folder exists, you have Sony rootkit...

Handy guide to removal of SONY ROOTKIT!

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Your server must have been a bad boy lol...

I have heard many people mention that their computer have had a bad caugh with Rootkits and now that the pole is up... only 1 vote for neowin that come in contact with this...

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To me, "rootkit" has always been defined as a malacious program that gave root access on linux to an arbitrary user (local or remote) on demand. Hence "root-kit". The use of the word "rootkit" for windows had only appeared recently with the whole sony-drm issue, and I believe many are now mistaking this with such drm protections or trojans.

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And for those who do have it, how do you remove it? MS Anti-spyware won't remove it I heard.

RootKit Revealer just tells you if you have it or not, but doesn't remove it :wacko:

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