Sophos

Rustok Rootkit

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What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Detected by All Sophos products

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Rustok Rootkit is a Trojan for the Windows platform that uses rootkit techniques in order to hide files, processes and registry entries.

Rustok Rootkits can be installed in the alternate data stream (ADS) on NTFS systems, such as <windows>\system:lzx32.sys.

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