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View Full Version : Rootkit numbers rocketing up, McAfee says


dbarrow
04-17-2006, 04:44 PM
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6061878.html

Rootkits, used by hackers to hide malicious software, are on the rise and becoming more complex, according to security company McAfee. ...

..."We can predict that, in the coming two or three years, the growth of rootkits for the current Windows architecture will reach an annual rate of at least 650 percent," the report stated.