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AVG gives away free anti rootkit

Started by Nvyseal , Apr 10 2007 09:36 PM

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#1 Nvyseal

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Posted 10 April 2007 - 09:36 PM

ANTI VIRUS firm AVG said it has introduced a free anti-rootkit piece of software.

Rootkits burrow around and lurk in applications or the kernel of an operating system. They can do nasty nasty things like collect passwords from PCs without you knowing.

AVG reckons they're now more dangerous than the usual malware because AV software can't always detect them.

It's completed a six month beta test and will make the software available for free on its web site HERE

For 32bit machines only

Edited by Nvyseal, 11 April 2007 - 12:16 AM.

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Posted 10 April 2007 - 09:50 PM

Sweet!

Let's see how it works out, but I'm liking the idea!

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Posted 10 April 2007 - 11:56 PM

I tried to install but got, "64bit versions of Windows are not supported."

AVG is pretty right-on as a company though, that's for sure.

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Posted 11 April 2007 - 12:42 AM

Downing it now and will install it on my 754 machine (running XP86).

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Posted 11 April 2007 - 01:01 AM

I need to restart.... which is very strange for me, but well.... I'll try it tomorrow!

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#6 m.oreilly

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Posted 11 April 2007 - 01:19 AM

just did a scan. seems like a good tool to have. thanks for link, nvy :cool2:

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Posted 11 April 2007 - 04:56 AM

Ditto, scanned my primary hdd and my external with the In-Depth Search function. Happy to say nothing came up.

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Posted 11 April 2007 - 02:11 PM

Couldnt find the thing there..... theres no such folder on the site :pray:

http://www.grisoft.com/doc/download-free-a...ootkit/us/crp/5

Will try later :cool2:

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Posted 11 April 2007 - 02:13 PM

http://free.grisoft.com/softw/70free/setup...up-1.1.0.42.exe

Seems to work okay....