A rootkit is a type of malicious software that gives the hacker"root" or administrator access to your network. They are activatedbefore your system's operating system has completely booted up,making them extremely difficult to detect. Rootkits allow hackersto install hidden files, processes, and hidden user accounts.Hackers can use them to open back doors in order to intercept datafrom terminals, connections, and keyboards. A rootkit hacker cangain access to your systems and stay there for years, completelyundetected.
Learn from respected security experts and Microsoft SecurityMVPs how to recognize rootkits, get rid of them, and manage damagecontrol.
Accompanying the book is a value-packed companion CD offering aunique suite of tools to help administrators and users detectrootkit problems, conduct forensic analysis, and make quicksecurity fixes.
Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials arenot included as part of eBook file.
Larry Stevenson
Computer Science Informatik Networking / Security Netzwerke / Sicherheit Netzwerksicherheit