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With regard the article above, I read the following:
Webroot, the software company that makes the SpySweeper anti-spyware tool, released its latest State of Spyware report (free download - previous post) last week. The quarterly reports the company issues summarize the steady technological advancement of spyware makers and their progeny. The report is a wrapup of the worst stuff that happened in spyware in 2005. As you could probably guess, 2005 was the worst year for spyware--and the best year for cybercriminals--ever.
But one small detail in the summary really caught my attention. Apparently, some novel forms of spyware are so good at hiding themselves, that if your PC is infected with these particularly nasty beasties, you can no longer trust anything the PC tells you.
These new forms of spyware install themselves at the driver level, which give them a unique ability to "hide data, files, or actions." The report goes on to say that it's hard to remove spyware that installs itself at the so-called "Ring-0" level, because "no data that Windows returns can be considered reliable."
Read the full article "Spyware Can Make Your PC Lie To You--Report" here.
Webroot, the software company that makes the SpySweeper anti-spyware tool, released its latest State of Spyware report (free download - previous post) last week. The quarterly reports the company issues summarize the steady technological advancement of spyware makers and their progeny. The report is a wrapup of the worst stuff that happened in spyware in 2005. As you could probably guess, 2005 was the worst year for spyware--and the best year for cybercriminals--ever.
But one small detail in the summary really caught my attention. Apparently, some novel forms of spyware are so good at hiding themselves, that if your PC is infected with these particularly nasty beasties, you can no longer trust anything the PC tells you.
These new forms of spyware install themselves at the driver level, which give them a unique ability to "hide data, files, or actions." The report goes on to say that it's hard to remove spyware that installs itself at the so-called "Ring-0" level, because "no data that Windows returns can be considered reliable."
Read the full article "Spyware Can Make Your PC Lie To You--Report" here.