Intel Security releases detection tool for EFI rootkits
Has Webroot found a way to check user's root kit for the latest CIA invasions? Apparently there are ways to discover if they've infected a computer but I have no idea which programs are legit and which may not be. Will it become part of an update soon?
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I would expect that this is known about and that the Threat Researchers have dealt with it/Webroot is on top of this.
But we can check by seeing if@ can advise on the subject. ;)
Regards, Baldrick
But we can check by seeing if
Regards, Baldrick
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The rootkit detection in WSA should pick up on EFI rootkits just as it would a "traditional" rootkit.
-Dan
-Dan
Thanks for the replies. I asked only because the articles I've read say that the root kits the CIA developed were designed to be undetected by tranditional anti-virus like Webroot. Intel even created a program to uncover the issue only once it's installed and it uses the original white list from the computer manufacturer to compare. That's kind of a specific fix, isn't it? PCWorld lists how to check for infection and I'm wondering how Webroot will be able to accomplish it.
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