Sophos Anti-Rootkit 1.0 (freeware)

[Boris]

Just released :)

Info

http://www.sophos.com/products/free-tools/...ti-rootkit.html

User Manual

http://www.sophos.com/sophos/docs/eng/manuals/rk_10_men.pdf

Sophos Anti-Rootkit, finds and removes any rootkit that is hidden on your computer.

What is a rootkit?

The term rootkit is used to define a Trojan (or technology) used to hide the presence of a malicious object (process, file, registry key, network port) from the computer user or administrator.

Here are some key features of "Sophos Anti Rootkit":

· Scans running processes, windows registry and local hard drives for rootkits.

· Identifies known rootkits and selects, by default, files for removal which will remove the rootkit component of the malware without compromising OS integrity.

· Allows users to remove unidentified hidden files, but does not allow removal of essential system files when hidden by an identified rootkit.

· Once the user has run a scan, the screen prompts the user through the necessary steps until every rootkit has been removed.

· Users can switch between the GUI and command-line functionality.

· Both context sensitive and command-line help are available.

[cozofdeath]

Wow! Only took 1min and 3sec on the GUI and command line scans.

[CurlyWhirly]

I already use Rootkit Revealer but I thought that I would give this a try and when I run the scan, it found 6 registry entries (hidden registry value) but they were harmless and were related to WMP and my printer.

It was quick as a full scan only took 1 minute 52 seconds!

[andsome]

Many thanks. :)