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Topic created on: June 3, 2011 03:54 CDT by RootkitResearch .

Hi All,

By googling I have collected many links about Rootkit analysis. Though they are very comprehensive and detailed, I want to know is there any articles or posts that talk about static analysis of rootkits from a very basic level. For example, how to start the analysis when only a sys file is available and exe is not available and how to perform step-by-step dynamic analysis of rootkits.

  NirIzr     June 24, 2011 17:51.13 CDT
a sys file is a library PE with a different extension..
it exports functions and has an entry point just like any other PE.. have you tried opening it with IDA?

  Assarbad     July 4, 2011 15:10.27 CDT
> NirIzr: a sys file is a library PE with a different extension..
> it exports functions and has an entry point just like any other PE.. have you tried opening it with IDA?
I think his question was more about it in general. Though I don't see much of a difference to other reversing, even when obfuscation or runtime packing is used.

  NirIzr     July 5, 2011 13:55.02 CDT
you have to consider doing low-level interactions with the CPU or maybe other hardware (that actually depends on the type of driver the rootkit claims to be..) also you should get to know how developing drivers work - there are plenty of books about that, and consider stuff other devices/your cpu may do by actions the rootkit did (it in some cases be non-trivial actions, like writing to some address\register when something happens without your knowledge..)

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