Still clean after all these years.....

[richlevy]

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.

One in Five PCs Infected With Rootkits

Malware researchers have uncovered 'massive growth' in the number of PCs harboring silent rootkit infections.

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?