I wrote yesterday that Grisoft has released a free Anti Rootkit program. I tried it yesterday. It scanned pretty fast in my very old 800 MHZ computer. There are 2 options to search. One is Search for rootkit and the other one is perform in-depth search. The Search for rootkit searches your C drive and memory for Rootkits and the deep search lets you search you other hard drives or hard drive partitions. Both searches were pretty fast. It didn’t catch any rootkit, so I assume that I didn’t have any. If it found any rootkit, then it has an option to remove them.
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Thanks for the update Ja. I read in PCMag that “quick test using a half-dozen rootkit-based malware samples. AAR cleaned up the first batch effectively using its ordinary “Search for rootkits” scan. It didn’t report on hidden Registry data nor on every hidden file, but after its removal process all leftover files and Registry data were exposed for removal by ordinary antivirus software.
One of the malware samples in the second batch resisted AAR’s removal; either that or it managed to reinstall its rookit code immediately after removal. A double-check scan with Microsoft’s RootkitRevealer confirmed the problem. Still, this handy freebie will be a nice addition to your security arsenal.”
You can read the review at http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2112670,00.asp
It’s free, so it’s better than nothing.
Arun,
check out this blog http://www.antirootkit.com/blog/2007/04/11/avg-anti-rootkit-free-the-verdict/
it cannot find easily available rootkits.
Ja