Lord of the Malware, AKA “One Program to Rule Them All”

I fixed a nasty problem on my brother-in-law’s computer today. It turned out to be a rootkit (a program that infiltrates the system and hooks system functions) and if it wasn’t for this helpful web site, I would probably still be searching for a solution.

Ironically, my brother-in-law’s computer was already running a McAfee suite designed to protect the entire computer. And a complete scan I kicked off after the fact using Malwarebytes came up with nothing.

It wasn’t until I did a Google search for the symptoms on a non-infected computer that I found the previously mentioned site.

One program to rule them all

This got me to thinking. Why isn’t there one program that blocks ALL of the nasty stuff?

I mean, we have software for anti-virus, software for spyware, software for malware, software for adware, and… well, you get the idea.

I don’t want to install (or worse, pay) for all of these. So I ask… who makes the “keep EVERYTHING nasty and evil off my computer” software? Please come forward. My wallet and I are waiting for you.