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for as long as cyber criminals have been cooking up malicious software to do

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stuff like steal your precious data the security industry has been thinking up

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creative names for their little schemes Trojans worms ransomware you get the

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idea but one of the most Sinister forms of malware prevalent today is the

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dreaded root kit and although to the Layman this sounds like some kind of

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dental procedure an actual root kit on your PC can be far more unpleasant but

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then what exactly are they and why can they be even more problematic than other

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types of computer infections great question like with a lot of the other

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threats to your system the name rootkit reveals a lot it's derived from the

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concept of root access in the operating

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system Unix which allows a user broad permissions to change files and settings

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and while the means by which different rootkits access to uh usually off-limits

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parts of the computer differ all root kits serve the same general function to

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conceal either their own presence or the

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presence of another piece of malware so that it can carry out its nefarious

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Deeds on your system without you ever knowing and it's because of this

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concealing behavior that root kits are often very difficult to remove as many

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users in the mid 2000s found out when they realized Sony had shipped a metric

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butt ton of music CDs with root kits designed for you guessed it copy

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protection these rootkits hid the DRM

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software which limited what users could do with their Optical drives and also

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caused serious system slowdowns and introduced a ton of security flaws that

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other malware creators were able to take advantage of and then when Sony finally

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released a removal tool after news of the root kit went viral all it did was

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cause even more issues so how do rootkits hide themselves anyway while

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some root kits just inject themselves into your programs somewhat like

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traditional computer viruses the more dangerous forms run as part of your

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operating systems kernel no not the Chicken Guy but the core part of your OS

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that allows your programs to communicate with your Hardware through things like

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device drivers since drivers usually run

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in kernel mode many rootkits disguise

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themselves as drivers which is why you should only download drivers from

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trusted sources like the manufacturer's website no matter how badly you want to

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get your fancy new graphics card working what makes kernel mode rootkit so

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Insidious is that they essentially appear to be a part of the OS itself

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meaning you can't really trust your antivirus program to detect it or

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anything else your system says about itself for that matter and as if that

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weren't bad enough other kinds of root kits even go beyond infecting your OS

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kernel by doing things like contaminating your hard drive's boot

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sector often done to break encryption or

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getting into your systems firmware such as your motherboard or GPU BIOS if that

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happens not even completely reformatting

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your PC will help well lonus that all

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sounds pretty darn awful um if I don't

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even know I have a root kit how can I get rid of them that admittedly is a

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challenge larger organizations have tried strategies like logging suspicious

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access requests through a firewall or dumping everything in A System's memory

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to look for malicious code but these aren't the kinds of things a home user

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can easily do modern motherboards with UEFI biosis have some features to block

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rootkits such as secure boot but this solution has been criticized for keeping

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a user from doing legitimate things like installing multiple operating systems so

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while some simpler root kits can be detected and removed by your favorite

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anti- malware program the best counter strategy is to just be super careful

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about what you download speaking of

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things to be downloaded why don't you download some knowledge to your brain

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little bits lets everyone use Electronics as modular building blocks

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their modules snap together with magnets so you can create circuits in seconds

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it's perfect for kids parents big kids

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yo coders Hardware hackers makers artists designers engineers and students

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with little bits you can even get your dog to like send text messages or make a

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robotic snack server so why buy electronic toys and gadgets when you can

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literally invent them the modules range from very simple you know power sensors

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LEDs to very complex with wireless and programmable modules and there's over 60

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modules that can be used in a vast number of creative combinations and

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better yet little bits is offering new customers 20 bucks off their first kit

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and free shipping anywhere in the Continental us all you got to do is go

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to little bits.com tequ that's little bits.com tequ I don't know why that's in

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there twice and uh go ahead and get 20

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