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    AVG's New Rootkit Detection/Removal Program

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by sanpabloguy, Apr 11, 2007.

  1. sanpabloguy

    sanpabloguy Notebook Deity

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    AVG is offering a free rootkit/detection removal program. I haven't read any reviews on it, so don't know how effective it is. You can download it from AVG Free Anti-Rootkit. It's just below the download section for their free antivirus. Clean, easy interface.

    I ran it on my desktop. Took about 15 minutes to run, came up clean.
     
    sanpabloguy, Apr 11, 2007
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  2. camsimple

    camsimple Notebook Evangelist

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    I saw that DL.TV also introduced it to their viewing public, but has yet to fully test it. There will probably be a review coming very soon as to how well it actually performs. Since it is still beta, there will be some bugs to work out later.

    Here is also a link to a site that offers many different RootKit Detectors.
     
    camsimple, Apr 11, 2007
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    Thanks for the link!
     
    Thibault, Apr 12, 2007
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