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 ...

Wajam is an adware program that displays advertisements in search engine result pages and possibly other social sites that you visit. In order to inject these ads, Wajam will install browser ...

Rootkits are becoming more prevalent and difficult to detect, and security vendor McAfee claims the blame falls squarely on the open-source community. In its “Rootkits” report being published Monday , ...

There exists much confusion between the terms malware and rootkit. In the context of malware, the rootkit is a part of the malware which ensures that a cyber miscreant maintains his access to the ...

Modern computers utilize what is known as a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) to get up and running. When you press the power button on your Mac or PC, the UEFI begins communicating with ...

Listen to the Computerworld TechCast: Rootkits. If an illegal hacker wants to do something to your system, such as plant a virus, a Trojan horse program or spyware, he has to gain access to the system ...

Following a downward trend during the past two years, the number of new rootkit samples rose in the first quarter of this year to a level not seen since 2011, according to statistics from security ...

Rootkits are powerful malware, actually a bunch of them together, that even your antivirus may find it hard to detect and remove from your system. Rootkits can be manually put inside the system with ...

Word that Intel is taking on rootkits came as a surprise to some last week. But researchers at the chip giant have been working on security technologies for several years. What's more, Intel's labs ...