Anti-rootkit software to become part of Forefront and OneCare.
Just before Easter,
Microsoft
announced it had acquired
Komoku
, a Maryland-based company that builds anti-rootkit software.
Komoku
was founded in 2004 and quickly became one of the leaders in the area of rootkit detection. Among its customers are the American ministries of Homeland Security and Defense. Following the acquisition, the name
Komoku
will disappear and the software will become part of both
Microsoft Forefront
and
Windows Live OneCare
.
Rootkit detection is one of the things
Microsoft
‘s security products were falling behind on, Jimmy Kuo
admits
. “A year ago, I noted our test results were ‘not stellar’,” he says. “We were lacking
VB100
certification, and independent test results placed us 10 to 15 points behind where we hoped to score.” Both
Forefront
and
OneCare
have since achieved VB100 status and Kuo now looks both to maintain the good test performances of the products and to improve on rootkit detection: “The addition of
Komoku
, especially its talented core of researchers, will add to our proactive capabilities in detecting zero-day vulnerabilities and improve rootkit detection.”
The official statement at
Komoku
‘s website can be found
here
.
Posted on 25 March 2008 by
Virus Bulletin
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