Free Sophos Anti-Rootkit Software

BWM

Here is the link to Anti-Rootkit software from Sophos

http://www.sophos.com/products/free-tools/sophos-anti-rootkit.html

Browntoa

for those who do not know what Rootkits are

Removing rootkits without compromising system integrity is particularly challenging and needs to be done with care. Our free software, Sophos Anti-Rootkit, finds and removes any rootkit that is hidden on your computer.
What is a rootkit?

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 administrator.
Easily detect and remove rootkits

As part of its complete protection of endpoint computers, Sophos Anti-Virus detects rootkits and prevents them being installed on any of your desktops, laptops and servers.
Sophos Anti-Rootkit provides an extra layer of detection, by safely and reliably detecting and removing any rootkit that might already have secreted itself onto your system.
Simplified management

Using Sophos Anti-Rootkit is straightforward. Whether you use its simple graphical user interface or run it from the command line you can easily detect and eliminate any rootkits on your computer

Zahc

Hi. I use Kaspersky AVP and I'm reasonably sure that the program employs root kits. I would appreciate your input, please, as I really don't want to compromise what I consider to be an excellent AV.
Thanks

Browntoa

Sophos Anti-Rootkit is a standalone product. Make sure you have downloaded the latest version above and just run it

John_Gray

I found it objected to:
C:\Documents and Settings\<userid>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<profile>.Common\parent.lock
but I don't think I am going to worry too much about that!

John