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Enough Arguing: Let’s All Agree on a Rootkit Definition, Says Symantec

Michael Santo of RealTechNews writes:

As you may recall, we earlier posted a story about Symantec’s use of rootkit-like features in SystemWorks. You may also recall that it received a lot of attention and comments, including a lot of discussion on was it a rootkit, what is a rootkit, etc., etc.

Symantec has started to back a vendor-neutral push to define rootkits unambiguously, because it feels since the word rootkit was used, it was unfairly criticized by the public.

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