LogFAQs > #945207959

in this case, a kernal 0 rootkit is direct access to your system as if you were an admin.
they've been known to fuck with your system pretty badly by limiting what it can do. valorant is the most recent worst case example as it's straight up prevented physical hardware changes from working right. this one isn't nearly as bad and doesn't seem to carry many negatives to it (i'm sure there's a performance hit somewhere) so it's not the worst but the existence is, and should be, alarming.


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