Rootkit Revealer

Zareba · Feb 21, 2009

I searched but could not find an answer here so I am asking.

Can Rootkit Revealer from Sysinternals be used successfully on Vista SP1?

The day after I joined Facebook last week, my address book was used to send spam in my name to everyone on my contact list. I have scanned with Windows Defender, Avast, Malware Bites, Super Antispyware, Hijack This, and Stinger. Everything says I am clean. I have also removed myself from Facebook as I suspect that the problem originated with something I did or something they did.

The only thing I have not done is searched for a rootkit.

Any help or advice would be appreciated.

....Z (learned to avoid social networks)

Mick Murphy · Feb 22, 2009

http://forum.sysinternals.com/forum_topics.asp?FID=15

Ask in their forums, for everything you want to know about their product..

Zareba · Feb 22, 2009

Thanks, I will ask in their forum. I suspect the answer is no, because I did run it unsuccessfully and was simply hoping there had been an update or a tweak that would work.

But I also would like to know if there is any other free rootkit revealer or remover that will run on Vista.

Thanks again

Kayman · Feb 22, 2009

Thanks, I will ask in their forum. I suspect the answer is no, because I did run it unsuccessfully and was simply hoping there had been an update or a tweak that would work.
But I also would like to know if there is any other free rootkit revealer or remover that will run on Vista.

Zareba · Feb 23, 2009

Thank you Kayman, this will keep me busy for a while.

How come I did not get this info when I googled?

Sam Hobbs · Feb 25, 2009

Maybe because you used Google. It is not the first nor the only search
engine but they obviously pay a lot of money to make people think they are.
Try the following; I quickly found most of those items; the ones I found are
listed in a single web site that is among the first few responses.

http://www.altavista.com/web/results?itag=ody&q=AntiRootkit&kgs=0&kls=1

Note that I converted this message to plain-text format from HTML format.
Newsgroups prefer plain-text and when messages are viewed in plain-text
format it is essentially impossible for viruses to be effective.

Zareba · Feb 25, 2009

Note that I converted this message to plain-text format from HTML format.
Newsgroups prefer plain-text and when messages are viewed in plain-text
format it is essentially impossible for viruses to be effective.
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Sorry about that, Sam. I am used to using rich text in Annexcafe groups and
forgot to change to plain text. A little senile dementia, I suppose.

I have been going to the sites that Kayman provided, but have found only
GMER -
http://www.gmer.net/index.phphttp:/...ndex.php?sid=9e746bb696ac0bb38781ffe4361c3a17
to be useful. I was able to download and run the GMER program, which showed
me to be clean.

Generally I found that either they were not compatible with Vista or
consistently timed out or windows can not open this file or still in beta
testing and carry a disclaimer. I have not yet explored all of the listed
sites.

....Z

FromTheRafters · Feb 26, 2009

GMER is a good one to trust.

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