Welcome to Rootkits For Dummies, a book written for regular folks who need a better understanding of what rootkits are, what we can do to protect our computers and networks against them, and how to detect and remove them. Like Sergeant Schultz on Hogan’s Heroes, you may be among those who know “nothing, nothing” at all about them. Even the name rootkit may be unfamiliar to you — but soon everyone with a computer and Internet access will know how dangerous these malware programs can be.

First, a bit of myth-busting: Rootkits have a scary reputation — just because they’re designed to escape detection by ordinary methods, supposedly they can’t be seen or extracted. For most of them, that’s balderdash. Rootkits are an extraordinary bit of deviance, to be sure, but they can be detected — and removed — using tools developed specifically for those tasks. You may still need the help of an expert, but cleaning out those nasty beasties is possible.

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