Tweaks.com Forum / Windows & System Security / Security News and Software Updates & Definitions / New Tests Show Rootkits Still Evade AV / Latest PostsInstantForum.NET v4.1.4Tweaks.com Forum http://forum.tweaks.com/forum/forum@tweaks.comThu, 28 Aug 2008 02:31:34 GMT20New Tests Show Rootkits Still Evade AVhttp://forum.tweaks.com/forum/Topic239430-59-1.aspx[quote]Rootkits are still a security scanner’s worst nightmare: New rootkit detection tests recently conducted by AV-Test.org found that security suites and online Web scanners detected overall only a little more than half of rootkits.<br><br>AV-Test.org, an indie security test organization based in Germany, ran two rootkit tests last month, one on Microsoft’s XP Home Edition and another on Microsoft Vista Ultimate Edition, the results of which have been published in a paper now available on the group’s Website.[/quote] <br>[url]http://www.darkreading.com/&#100;ocument.asp?doc_id=153760&WT.svl=news1_2[/url]<br>Wed, 14 May 2008 05:38:22 GMTRichieUK