Rootkits received a publicity boost with Sony’s rootkit infested CDs that was supposed to be some kind of copy protection. Since then rootkits have become an ever growing threat on the Internet in line with Viruses, Trojans, Phishing and Spam. The major problem with rootkits is that most users think that their virus scanner protects them from rootkits as well which is most of the time not the case. Rootkits are much harder to detect by normal means and software that can scan systems for rootkits should be used by inexperienced users to be able to detect at least the most common ones.
AVG Anti Rootkit is a free software that scans a computer for rootkits and removes them if one or more of those have been identified. The anti rootkit application can be used to either quickly scan the computer for possible rootkits and the other to make an in depth scan which takes longer but is more thorough. The in depth scan for Rootkits takes some time depending on the amount of files and size of your hard drives.
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[...] is a viable alternative to already available rootkit detection programs like Gmer or AVG Anti-Rootkit. It is probably be best used in conjunction with these [...]
Anyone know if this is worth the time. I dont have any current issues that I know of nd AVG makes a great virus program. Just wondering if I should use this too.
I do not think so. Check out the blog at antirootkit.com it did not find rootkits