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This mitigates a common tactic used by rootkits to hide themselves from user-mode applications.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Yet other programs of arootkitmay be used to survey the network or to overhear more passwords that are travelling over it.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There are inherent limitations to the reliability of any program that attempts to detect compromises (such as rootkits and computer viruses).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Newer rootkits may specifically attempt to detect and compromise copies of the chkrootkit programs or take other measures to evade detection by them.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It's common that arootkitcreates a hidden, encrypted filesystem in which it can hide other malware or original copies of files it has infected.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Rootkits can, in theory, subvert "any" operating system activities.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Therootkithides in firmware, because firmware is not usually inspected for code integrity.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Rootkits can change how the operating system functions and in some cases can tamper with the anti-virus program and render it ineffective.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Rootkits may also give the means to change the very operating system of the computer it is installed on.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Traces of the malware are hidden by rootkits, which prevent the person from being aware that data is being stolen.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It detected 100% of rootkits, 93% of keyloggers and 89% of scareware.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Arootkitallows an attacker to subvert a compromised system.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The termrootkithas negative connotations through its association with malware.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Rootkitdetection is difficult because arootkitmay be able to subvert the software that is intended to find it.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As with computer viruses, the detection and elimination of rootkits is an ongoing struggle between both sides of this conflict.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Some of these functions require the deepest level ofrootkit, a second non-removable spy computer built around the main computer.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However, this is not the case with a kernel typerootkit.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.All services to the public are free, including malware androotkitcleanup of infected computers and removal instructions on rogue anti-spyware programs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It employs a user-moderootkittechnique to hide and steal its victims information.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.