Nick Johnston

Rootkit

A rootkit is a piece of malware, intended to maintain and hide access to a compromised computer system.

A rootkit successfully implemented may hide files, processes, registry keys, network connections, or blocks of memory.

Rootkit is a definition, listed in the security category. This entry was created on 26 January 2009, at 14:02 , and was last updated on 26 January 2009, at 14:02.  

About the author

Nick Johnston is a self employed computing consultant, working in several facets of the IT industry. With an initial interest in business and computer security, his roles have spread to many other areas.

Nick is currently available for project and contract work - contact Nick for more information.