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Title: avast! Anti-Rootkit standalone app (version 0.9.6)
Post by: iBrick on November 10, 2008, 05:37:46 PM

Did this ever get updated?  Or was it simply integrated into avast! Home 4.x?  I tried using the standalone anti-rootkit scanner, and I got some weird results, stuff that Home 4.8 doesn't pick up. 

I have a feeling that something screwy is going on with my registry, so I am hoping that I can fix it with avast!, but if I can't figure it out soon I'm going to do a fresh install of Windows (XP).  Anybody have any advice?

Title: Re: avast! Anti-Rootkit standalone app (version 0.9.6)
Post by: onlysomeone on November 10, 2008, 06:00:25 PM

this version of the standalone antirootkittool is just a beta and i think the antirootkit integrated in avast AV is a little bit different...
there already is a version 0.9.7 and still a beta - so i would recommend not to use it to repair anything in your registry until it is finished!

the standalone is probably still in development ???

yours
onlysomeone

Title: Re: avast! Anti-Rootkit standalone app (version 0.9.6)
Post by: iBrick on November 10, 2008, 06:05:39 PM

Well, that's disappointing.  I'm guessing there are more than a few false positives, or maybe I have some disk errors I need to deal with, but the standalone scanner is picking up a ton of "rootkits" that the main avast! software isn't catching.

Do you (or anybody else) know of any good anti-rootkit scanners that are regularly supported?

Title: Re: avast! Anti-Rootkit standalone app (version 0.9.6)
Post by: bob3160 on November 10, 2008, 06:08:38 PM

Here's just one:
http://www.download.com/McAfee-Rootkit-Detective/3000-8022_4-10720121.html (http://www.download.com/McAfee-Rootkit-Detective/3000-8022_4-10720121.html)
There are many others.

Title: Re: avast! Anti-Rootkit standalone app (version 0.9.6)
Post by: CharleyO on November 10, 2008, 07:18:12 PM

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Free anti-rootkits by major companies are easy to find if you try ......

http://g.s.scandoo.com/search?hl=en&meta=on&q=free+anti-rootkit


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Title: Re: avast! Anti-Rootkit standalone app (version 0.9.6)
Post by: Lisandro on November 10, 2008, 11:04:16 PM

I suggest you visit this page http://www.antirootkit.com/software/index.htm for antirootkit detection, removal & protection.
Comparison test here: http://www.informationweek.com/software/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196901062&pgno=1&queryText=

Full computer on-line scanning:
Kaspersky (http://www.kaspersky.com/kos/english/kavwebscan.html)
Trendmicro housecall (http://housecall.trendmicro.com/)
Ewido (http://www.ewido.net/en/onlinescan/)
F-Secure (http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/ols.shtml)
Spysweeper (http://www.download.com/Webroot-Spy-Sweeper/3000-8022_4-10301356.html)

For "avast antirootkit" features: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=32126.msg268578#msg268578