In the latest release of a Threat Landscape report by Fortinet, a foremost network security provider, details of two major detections owned by the TDSS family of rootkits and competent of violating 64-bit Windows operating systems were unveiled.
TDSS rootkit is difficult to be detected and removed. It can access completely any system infected by it and at the same time can hide its activity from the administrators and end users.
According to Derek Manky, Senior Security Strategist at Fortinet, in mid-April 2011, Microsoft had sanctioned a security advisory for fixing up all the vulnerabilities related to driver signing enforcement that were exploited by the TDSS family of rootkits, reported marketwire on June 9, 2011.
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