Rootkit Resources

Most people know little about the danger of rootkits, which is yet another thing that needs to be guarded against on your computer. In this article you will find some resources to free tools that can help you detect and remove rootkits.

Sophos just released a free anti-rootkit tool available for public download, which reminded me that I haven't yet written an article on rootkits. Like viruses, the subject is long, technical and dry but suffice to say if your computer has been cleaned of nasty viruses but still seems to be acting strangely, you should look into these trusted resources.

I'll only mention my favourites that I have in my own toolkit, but there are others out there. The first is Sysinternal's RootkitRevealer, available here. It detects all sorts of rootkits but alas it is up to the user to interpret and clean the rootkit.

F-Secure's Blacklight tool is only available as a download for a short time longer, after which it is believed to be included in their Internet Security Suite. You can get more information here.

The last one is Sophos' Anti-Rootkit, which not only finds them but cleans them as well. It was just released. You can get it here.

If you want to read more detail on rootkits, the links above will lead you to more information, or you can read the wikipedia page on rootkits.

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Computers, Freeware, Malware, Rootkits, Security, Spyware, Tools, Virus, Windows, Windows Vista, t4t