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RootkitRevealer is a portable, freeware tool designed for uncovering rootkits by exposing files and registries that have been hidden from the operating system. This tool is for advanced users since it doesn’t tell you what is a rootkit, it just lists suspicious files hidden to the OS. However, beginners can always Google suspicious registries if RootkitRevealer finds anything.
Usage of RootkitRevealer is very easy, just extract the zip file, run the RootkitRevleaer.exe file and press “Scan”. By default, the application will exclude hidden files/registries that appear on all Windows XP installs, but you can turn this on and off.
I used this application a few days ago on a clients computer and found the rootkit “SecuROM” was installed by a legitimate Sony based game.
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I hate SecuROM it is why I am not sure if I will buy Spore. I am betting I have the software already as I installed the Spore Creature Creator trial. I been meaning to check out this tool myself now I have a reason yay. Bottom line root kits are evil and tools like this are wonderful.
Another useful tool I have not used for a while but would be useful for a lot of techies is IEfix.
This utility allows you to pretty much reinstall IE without any fuss. And does a few other things.
Check it out at http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFIX.htm
this seems like a very useful tool, and its freeware , so i might as well give it a shot
Very nice tool.
Nice one that I didn’t know about. Off to download it. Thanks.
This one is a little over my head. I’ll need to research rootkits more before I dive into this.
You should note that uninstalling a manufacturer’s draconian but necessary copy protection rootkits like SecuROM will make the games it was installed by cease to function. So definitely make sure the client knows that.