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Title: What is your favorite rootkit scanner?
Post by: polonus on March 21, 2008, 08:09:25 PM

Hi malware fighters,

The latest thing every av vendor has a special rootkit scanner. I use several.
Once there was the blacklight, now there is ftp://ftp.f-secure.com/anti-virus/tools/fsbl.exe
What is your favorite?

pol

Title: Re: What is your favorite rootkit scanner?
Post by: lee16 on March 21, 2008, 08:11:49 PM

Avast rootkit is looking promising, but i also like Icesword.

I like both because they seem to keep False positives to a minimun and also friendly GUI's.

--lee

Title: Re: What is your favorite rootkit scanner?
Post by: polonus on March 25, 2008, 07:28:00 PM

Hi lee19,

Yes, IceSword is a good pick. But always run several, like MacAfee's, F-secure's, GMer,

polonus

Title: Re: What is your favorite rootkit scanner?
Post by: Lisandro on March 25, 2008, 07:54:01 PM

Why not avast antirootkit itself?

Title: Re: What is your favorite rootkit scanner?
Post by: polonus on March 25, 2008, 08:03:07 PM

Hi Tech,

We never mention the obvious, don't we?

pol

Title: Re: What is your favorite rootkit scanner?
Post by: CharleyO on March 26, 2008, 04:00:52 AM

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I have Icesword and RootkitRevealer but will soon also have avast antirootkit stand alone version.


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