Sophos PLC has released a free tool to help PC users root out rootkits. Called Sophos Anti-Rootkit, the software will detect and remove both known and unknown rootkits, and it will also warn system ...

Antivirus firms Trend Micro and Sophos have developed new tools to discover rootkit infections but both are attacking the problem from a slightly different angle. Rootkits are powerful programs that ...

Symantec's Raw Disk Scan rootkit search-and-remove app is an example of what kind of technology the Symantec-Veritas merger will bring forth Some industry watchers may still question why Symantec ...