Rootkit Removers
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BlackLight
A time-limited program, scans carefully and attempts to clean offending files from the system.
RootkitBuster
A standalone version of the rootkit scanning technology from one of Trend Micro's commercial programs.
RootkitRevealer
One of the first rootkit detectors, it's now overshadowed a bit by some of the other programs here but can still do some decent work.
Rootkit Unhooker
A Russian-authored tool that's the most comprehensive and powerful of those tested here.
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What Is A Rootkit?
There is a general awareness about threats to computers like viruses, worms, spyware and phishing scams. But knowledge about rookit is very limited and it is even thought as a something to do with horticulture.
What then, is a rootkit?
Definition
Rootkit can be defined as a group of utilities that hackers can manipulate to keep access into a computer system once they have hacked into it. It gives them admission rights to find out usernames and passwords, allow strike against remote systems, remain hidden by erasing history from the system logs, and overabundance of various surreptitious tools.
Other Names
Root Kit, RAT, Remote Access Trojan
Rootkit is a combination of two words, “root” and “kit”. Root means supreme or omnipotent, “Administrator” of the Linux and Unix operating systems. Kit means a group of programs or utilities providing access to a user to retain a constant root-level contact to a terminal. A presence of rootkit should remain untraceable.
Read about the different forms of rootkits.
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