Rootkit Detection Coming to Windows AntiSpyware
In an interesting article by Ryan Naraine in eWeek, we learn that:
Microsoft plans to integrate rootkit detection technology from its Strider Ghostbuster research project into future versions of the Windows AntiSpyware application, Ziff Davis Internet News has learned.
Strider Ghostbuster, a prototype tool developed by Microsoft Corp.'s Cybersecurity and Systems Management Research Group, provides a straightforward way to detect Windows rootkits by comparing scan results between a clean system and one that may potentially be compromised.
Details of Microsoft's plans remain scarce, but sources say the company has grown increasingly worried about the threat from stealth rootkits.
The integration is unlikely to happen in time for the next Windows AntiSpyware beta refresh.
Company officials declined to discuss specific plans going forward. "We have not made any public commitments to include functionality from that project in Microsoft products at this time," a Microsoft spokesperson said.
posted by Fergie @ 7/18/2005 06:07:00 PM
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