Since I have so much junk running on my PC, in addition to my anti-virus software, I have noticed a performance drop.
My biggest fear is rootkits, which might not get caught by my anti-virus. So periodically, I run freeware rootkit revealer.
This time I was reading
this article.
Quote:
One in Five PCs Infected With Rootkits
Malware researchers have uncovered 'massive growth' in the number of PCs harboring silent rootkit infections.
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Now, whenever anyone gives a "1 in __" figure, I always take it with a grain of salt. Still, my paranoia gland started working (what, you don't have one?) and I thought it was time to check again.
Instead of the freeware rootkit revealer, I decided to try the software from the company mentioned in the article. After giving permission to my firewall for their software to access the Internet once, it ran a scan.
It appears my PC is still clean (fortunately, the software does not make moral judgments
).
So, who wants to network with me now
?
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