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PC World August 2006 Andrew Brandt	New Rootkit Detectors Help Protect You and Your PC Malware that can be particularly well hidden are ferreted out by these free tools.
PC Magazine September 27, 2006 Robert Lemos	Your Own Personal Matrix How rootkits can take over your computer and steal data under your nose and how to stop them.
InternetNews December 14, 2007 Andy Patrizio	Report: One In Six Computers Has Spyware Infection Internet security vendor Prevx finds that quite a few PCs are infected with rootkits.
T.H.E. Journal August 2006 Doug Gale	Can This Virus Be 'Rooted' Out? A new kind of hard-to-detect malware is increasing our vulnerability to hackers and creating headaches for makers of antiviral software.
Inc. April 2009	Security: Free Antivirus Software Three choices for antivirus software for your small business or home.
PC Magazine June 5, 2008	Malware Everywhere Malicious software attacks, including Trojan horses, bots, and rootkits, are rising at the fastest rate ever.
PC World July 2005 Andrew Brandt	Security Tips: Identify Malware Hiding in Windows' System Folders Fortunately, once identified, malware is usually fairly easy--albeit tedious--to clean up. So follow these detection procedures, and your PC will be in good shape. Also, several available programs will help you spot, and in one case, remove, dangerous rootkit files.
PC Magazine April 20, 2007 Neil J. Rubenking	Panda Anti-Rootkit For safely removing every rootkit trace on your system, Panda is the way to go.
PC Magazine September 28, 2005 Neil J. Rubenking	RootkitRevealer Causes Concern RootkitRevealer discovered three files that have the name filename.doc:zone.identifier. What is "zone.identifier" and is it malicious?
InternetNews August 27, 2010	Researcher Warns of New 64-Bit Windows Rootkit Security research firm Prevx warns that a new iteration of a familiar rootkit, TDL3, is now in the wild and threatens to compromise 64-bit Windows systems.
PC Magazine March 21, 2007 Neil J. Rubenking	Spyware Doctor with AntiVirus 5.0 From-scratch rewrite has the virtues and problems of a brand-new program.
PC Magazine January 22, 2008 Neil Rubenking	Spyware Doctor with AntiVirus 5.5 Treating your malware infestation with Spyware Doctor can take time and effort, but the end result is a near-total recovery for your PC.
PC Magazine April 10, 2008 Neil J. Rubenking	Avast! Antivirus 4.8 Home Edition The free avast! antivirus now blasts spyware and does it nearly as well as the top products.
PC World August 2006 Andrew Brandt	The 10 Biggest Security Risks You Don't Know About Hackers, scammers, and identity thieves are constantly coming up with new ways to attack your PC and your privacy. Here are the newest perils and how to foil them.
PC World August 25, 2006 Narasu Rebbapragada	Spyware Fighters Five antispyware programs focus on tackling the latest threats: Webroot Spy Sweeper 5.0, Spyware Doctor 3.8, CounterSpy 2.0, Ad-Aware SE Personal 1.06, and Spybot.
PC Magazine July 25, 2007 Neil J. Rubenking	GarbageClean 2.0 Don't rely on GarbageClean for malware protection. It doesn't matter how little it costs -- it's still garbage.
PC Magazine July 6, 2007 Neil J. Rubenking	Ad-Aware 2007 Pro The new version of Ad-Aware is faster and prettier, but the retooled version of this ground-breaking antispyware app can't handle the worst spyware threats lying in wait for you on the Internet.
InternetNews June 13, 2006 Andy Patrizio	New Means To Root Out Malware Malware continues to be a problem for customers, with many users unaware their systems are infected with some kind of hidden "bot" that steals their personal info or hijack's their computer.
PC Magazine June 9, 2010 Neil J. Rubenking	Panda Cloud Antivirus 1.1 Review & Rating Panda Security has spent the last few years mastering behavior-based detection, cloud-based antivirus scanning, and free security software. Panda Cloud Antivirus 1.1 (free, direct) brings all these threads together.
PC Magazine March 26, 2010 Neil J. Rubenking	Lab Testing Antivirus Software Roundup Many users prefer to build their own protective suite from separate best-of-breed components. Here's a run-down of your choices for standalone antivirus utilities.
InternetNews August 2, 2006 Andy Patrizio	Who's Who in Antivirus Software? Despite dominant players, the Black Hat conference has a big cast. Now if only people will use their products.
PC Magazine July 26, 2007 Neil J. Rubenking	STOPzilla 5.0 When you hear the name STOPzilla, you expect a 50-meter-tall security behemoth that incinerates spyware with devastating atomic breath. Not so much.
PC Magazine February 21, 2006 Neil J. Rubenking	Spyware Doctor 3.5 PC Tools has ratched up its antispyware's power in several areas, but you won't even see the most important enhancements... Trend Micro PC-Cillin Internet Security suite... ZeroSpyware...
InternetNews January 10, 2008 Andy Patrizio	New Rootkit Targets the Drive's MBR The bad guys got the idea from Black Hat and a security firm, illustrating the risks of bringing vulnerabilities to light.
Information Today November 7, 2013 Donovan Griffin	Anti-Malware Options in 2013 Malware is a booming business, and anti-malware companies by necessity continually play a game of catch-up in updating their watch lists.
InternetNews June 18, 2009 Stuart J. Johnston	Microsoft 'Morro' Nears Beta With New Name Company prepares for beta test of free new security service.
IEEE Spectrum January 2006 Stephen Cass	Antipiracy Software Opens Door to Electronic Intruders When security researchers in the U.S. and Finland discovered the music CD/rootkit problem, Sony BMG's reaction was so bad that it will probably be seen in future years as a textbook example of a botched corporate response.
PC Magazine August 17, 2009 Neil J. Rubenking	BitDefender Total Security 2010 BitDefender Internet Security 2010 is strong where many suites are weak, and includes top-notch malware detection... eScan Internet security Suite for Home Users Version 10...
PC Magazine January 16, 2007 Neil J. Rubenking	Cyberhawk Pro 2.0 Cyberhawk's behavior-based analysis catches zero-day threats.
PC Magazine July 17, 2006 Neil J. Rubenking	Spy Sweeper 5.0 True to its title, Spy Sweeper 5 sweeps away spyware. With new features increasing protection against keyloggers and rootkits, Spy Sweeper remains a favorite for protection from spyware.
PC Magazine September 1, 2011 Neil J. Rubenking	AVG Anti-Virus Free 2012 AVG Anti-Virus Free 2012 scans quickly and does a good job both cleaning up existing malware and preventing new infestation. Independent labs rate it high, too, and it includes bonus protection against phishing and exploits.
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InternetNews November 14, 2005 Jim Wagner	Microsoft to Block Sony DRM Rootkit Microsoft has joined other security vendors in pursuit of the rootkit component to Sony's now-infamous anti-piracy measure.
InternetNews January 13, 2006 David Needle	Symantec Gets to Root of Rootkit Controversy Symantec, a leading provider of antivirus and computer security products, said it has addressed a controversy over whether its own software provided a hiding place for Trojans and other security breaches.
PC Magazine November 29, 2006 Bill Machrone	Give System Woes the Boot A new class of rootkit, using the virtualization capabilities of new Intel and AMD processors, is impervious to anything but a clean boot from an uninfected disc.
PC Magazine July 26, 2010 Neil J. Rubenking	Webroot AntiVirus with Spy Sweeper 2011 This long-awaited update to Webroot's comprehensive malware protection utility is both attractive and powerful, scoring well in all tests.
PC Magazine October 2, 2007 Neil J. Rubenking	ThreatFire 3 PC Tools ThreatFire 3 watches all the programs on your system and toasts any that try to do harm.
PC Magazine June 28, 2007 Neil J. Rubenking	Spy Sweeper 5.5 with Antivirus Spy Sweeper pulls ahead in the hotly contested race to crush every piece of spyware that makes its way onto your PC.
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PC Magazine February 1, 2006 Cade Metz	The Sorry State of Security Time to face facts: when it comes to our online safety woes, everybody is to blame.
InternetNews December 14, 2006 Michael Hickins	Microsoft Dangling Higher Payouts Microsoft announced that it is heeding complaints from its partners and will make higher payouts and make a broader set of deals eligible for its Security Software Advisor program.
InternetNews April 27, 2006 Andy Patrizio	Linux Malware On The Rise Numerically it pales compared to Windows, but are Linux users even thinking about security?
PC Magazine December 21, 2005 Larry Seltzer	Heard Any Good Malware Lately? Digital rights shouldn't violate civil rights as Sony's DRM rootkit seems to do.
InternetNews November 2, 2005 Jim Wagner	Digging Out Sony's DRM Rootkit Using a technique popularized by malware writers, Sony runs software behind the scenes of its copy-protected CDs.
BusinessWeek April 10, 2006 Brian Grow	This Worm Is Nasty, Brutish, And Sneaky Hackers have raised the stakes with a new bug almost immune to detection.
InternetNews March 2, 2010	Microsoft Patch Aims to Stop Rootkit The latest patch from Microsoft is designed to address a malware distribution that affected some users of Windows XP.
InternetNews June 20, 2006 Andy Patrizio	McAfee Begins Falcon Test Flights McAfee has formally launched the beta test for Falcon, its all-in-one security platform designed to compete with Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare, launched last month, and Symantec's Norton 360, which has yet to launch.