Fascinating read at Email Battles with a write up by the author of known rootkit, Hacker Defender. He goes by the name holy_father and explains why he writes rootkits. Some excerpts: Antivirus ...

IDG News: What is your background? How did you get started with rootkits? HF: Before I started with (Hacker Defender), I needed a rootkit that would hide my stuff (somewhere). There was nothing I ...