![]() ![]() Rootkits are computer infections that hijack your operating system so that it does not properly report the existence of other malware files, Windows Registry entries, and to make it more difficult to detect other computer infections that it may be protecting. To make an anti-virus program's job more difficult, an increasingly popular tactic for malware developers is to use a type of computer infection or technology called rootkits. In the past malware infections typically consisted of worms, trojans, backdoors, and viruses that were easily detected, and for the most part, removed.
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