Removing rootkits without compromising system integrity is particularly challenging and needs to be done with care. Sophos Anti-Rootkit will find and remove any rootkit that is hidden on your computer.
The term rootkit is used to define a Trojan (or technology) used to hide the presence of a malicious object (process, file, registry key, network port) from the computer user or
Here are some key features of "Sophos Anti-Rootkit":
Rootkit scanning, detection and removal:
· Rootkits can lie hidden on computers and remain undetected by anti-virus software. Although new rootkits can be prevented from infecting the system, if you had any rootkits before you installed your anti-virus, they may never be revealed.
· Removing rootkits without compromising system integrity is particularly challenging and needs to be done with care.
Simplified management:
· Using Sophos Anti-Rootkit is easy. Whether you use its simple graphical user interface or run it from the command line, you can easily detect and remove any rootkits on your computer.
Easy to use:
· Sophos Anti-Rootkit provides an extra layer of protection, by safely and reliably detecting and removing any rootkit that might already have hidden itself on your system.
Stay free of rootkits:
· As part of its complete protection of endpoint computers, Sophos Endpoint Security and Data Protection has an integrated detection functionality that removes and prevents them being installed onto your desktops, laptops and servers.
Requirements:
· Requires a minimum of 128 Mb RAM
· IE 4.0 or higher
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Support for disk and registry scanning on new platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows 7, and Windows 64-bit platforms.
· Sophos Anti-Rootkit uses virus data if Sophos Anti-Virus is installed, and will report threats more specifically than if data is not present.
· Sophos Anti-Rootkit can now scan every file on the disk instead of just the hidden ones, which will potentially find more malware. This option requires Sophos Anti-Virus to be installed.
