A Rootkit virus is a stealth type of malware that is designed to hide the existence of certain processes or programs on your computer from regular detection methods, so as to allow it or another ...

Editor’s note: Microsoft clarified its MBR rootkit removal advice after this story was posted. Microsoft is telling Windows users that they’ll have to reinstall the operating system if they get ...

An Australian security penetration tester has developed a method to inject a rootkit capable of loading at boot on encrypted Apple computers. The proof-of-concept rootkit defeats FileVault encryption ...