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DR rootkit released under the GPL

DR rootkit released under the GPL

Posted Sep 12, 2008 15:17 UTC (Fri) by cde (guest, #46554)
In reply to: DR rootkit released under the GPL by zmi
Parent article: DR rootkit released under the GPL

All rootkits can be detected when you know where to look (except perhaps hypervisor rootkits).

In this case the trick is to reload a new bare IDT with lidt (which can't be trapped with DR), and then proceed to clear all debug registers before checking for signs of the rootkit. I don't know of any ARK software that does this yet (switching the IDT is a bit dangerous, and has to be done for all processors).


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DR rootkit released under the GPL

Posted Dec 14, 2008 20:02 UTC (Sun) by trv (guest, #55399) [Link]

The IDT is not modified by this rootkit, so what's the use of loading a new idt?

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