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alternety
2014-10-28, 19:54
I have done some searching but have not found a source of explanations for the terms uses to report things.

Like "Unknown ADS" and "No Admin in ACL". Just an example from the root kit scan.

I would like to understand what they mean. I don't mean just what the abbreviations are, but some insight into if they are good or bad, what effect are they having, etc.

I would appreciate guidance to such information.

Zenobia
2014-10-29, 04:22
Please see here:
http://www.safer-networking.org/faq/are-the-found-items-really-rootkits/

Our Rootkit Scan tool shows anything that uses certain rootkit technologies. But items with rootkit properties detected here are not necessarily malware. Sometimes, legit software uses rootkit technologies to hide registration data or other information it does not want the user to see in any case. So please keep in mind that a Rootkit Scan only flags suspicious stuff, not identifying just bad stuff.

This is the definition for ADS:
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/A/ADS.html
Unknown ADS being found doesn't necessarily mean that it is bad or good.Just that it is Unknown.

This is Access Control List:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Access_control_list
So,No Admin in ACL means no administrator in Access Control List.Same deal with this,it would have to be looked at by somebody to help determine if it is bad or good. :)
So,you can ask about anything found you aren't sure about in the Rootalyzer forum here:
http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?46-RootAlyzer