Rootkit Detection Coming to Windows AntiSpyware

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  1. syngod

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    Microsoft plans to integrate rootkit detection technology from its Strider Ghostbuster research project into future versions of the Windows AntiSpyware application, Ziff Davis Internet News has learned.

    Strider Ghostbuster, a prototype tool developed by Microsoft Corp.'s Cybersecurity and Systems Management Research Group, provides a straightforward way to detect Windows rootkits by comparing scan results between a clean system and one that may potentially be compromised.

    Details of Microsoft's plans remain scarce, but sources say the company has grown increasingly worried about the threat from stealth rootkits.

    The integration is unlikely to happen in time for the next Windows AntiSpyware beta refresh.

    Company officials declined to discuss specific plans going forward. "We have not made any public commitments to include functionality from that project in Microsoft products at this time," a Microsoft spokesperson said.

    In a recent interview, Mike Nash, corporate vice president at Microsoft's Security Business and Technology Unit, was asked if the company plans to include Strider Ghostbuster in Windows AntiSpyware.

    Read the rest of the article at eWeek.
     
  2. zRoCkIsAdDiCtInG

    zRoCkIsAdDiCtInG HWF Guitar Freak

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    awesome, i was hoping this would happen
    hope its as succesful as the antispyware program itself
     

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