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Rootkits

by Ed Friedland Jan 2, 2006 10:32AM PST

Is there any effective program available to detect and, if present, remove Rootkits? Has anyone ever heard of F-Secure Backlight?

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(NT) (NT) RootkitRevealer from www.sysinternals.com

by 09Bentley Jan 2, 2006 11:30AM PST

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Rootkits

by Bugbatter Jan 2, 2006 12:05PM PST

Rootkit Revealer will find rootkits, but it will not remove them.
Blacklight will find them and rename the bad files so they do not run. Then they can be deleted. It is possible that all files that it finds are not bad, though, so you have to be careful.
Webroot SpySweeper may help with some.

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Ed.. in reply to your question..

by Carol~ Jan 2, 2006 1:28PM PST

have a look at a previous post by Donna regarding F-Secure's Blacklight..

http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-7813-0.html?forumID=32&threadID=137914&messageID=1550416

If you are interest, it will be available for usage until March 1, 2006.

While this is not the direct d/l, you can read more about it at F-Secure's site. If at that time you do wish to d/l, the link is there.

http://www.f-secure.com/blacklight/

Some additional info for you..
Carol

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(NT) (NT) Have F-S Backlight on 3 Comps. So Far So Good!! :-)

by tobeach Jan 2, 2006 2:54PM PST

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