Professional Rootkits

Ric Vieler

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Vieler, Ric, 1960-
Professional rootkits / Ric Vieler.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-470-10154-4 (paper/website)
ISBN-10: 0-470-10154-7 (paper/website)
1. Computers--Access control. 2. Microsoft Windows (Computer file) 3. Computer security. I. Title.
QA76.9.A25V56 2007
005.8--dc22
2006101977

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About the Author

Ric Vieler is a software engineer and a certified ethical hacker. He enjoys writing both technical manuals (such as Professional Rootkits) and science fiction novels (such as Spliced, Acknowledge, and A Stitch in Time). His love of the unexplored, mixed with a thorough understanding of computer internals, has culminated in a career that fully embraces both: professional hacking. When not hacking, reading, or writing, Ric spends his spare time with his wife, Lisa, and their two children, Samantha and Dylan.