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A Windows MUST HAVE: RootkitRevealer

Posted in Privacy, Tech by Dan at 12:35 pm
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If you are a Windows user, you are bombarded with viruses, spyware, malware, and rootkits – basically everything short of the kitchen sink to make your PC a spam relay unit.

You need heavy lifting tools to fight these common everyday annoyances.

Enter Rootkit Revealer:

RootkitRevealer is an advanced patent-pending root kit detection utility. It runs on Windows NT 4 and higher and its output lists Registry and file system API discrepancies that may indicate the presence of a user-mode or kernel-mode rootkit.

My advise to all Windows users: Just side with caution, keep your virus definitions up to date, do Windows update, install and antispyware program, and if you see something that looks unfamiliar just don’t click.

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One Response to “A Windows MUST HAVE: RootkitRevealer”

  1. Dan (too) says:

    For those uninitiated in rootkits, read the following article: http://itdiaries.com/2005/12/14/rootkits-and-adware/

    (True, selfless plug… :)

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