Jim wrote on Feb 11, 2024, 21:27:
so.... aside from rootkits being "scary" - how has one ever affected people? yeah, no doubt "computer slowdown" but they say that about everything so the phrase is meaningless.
Sony BMG did this same shlte in 2005 with their XCP rootkit and it allowed viruses to evade detection by anti-virus programs news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4427606.stm
It's disingenous to say that rootkits have not "ever affected people"