Rootkit Detection

The information security portal Anti-Malware.ru has conducted testing to determine the effectiveness of antivirus products in protecting against rootkits (malicious software that tries to conceal its presence in the system).

The goal of the test was to see which of the popular antivirus programs could effectively detect and successfully delete malicious programs which used rootkit technology. Additional testing checked the capability to proactively detect programs which were concealed on the system. This part of the test was conducted using a conceptual rootkit, which mimicked the actual ways in which a malicious program could hide.

The published test results revealed that Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0 was the best at detecting and removing hidden threats, and as a result received the Gold Anti-Rootkit Protection Award.

anti-malware-test.com, January 2008