Sophos Anti-Rootkit Free rootkit detection and removal tool
- Detects and removes rootkits
- Runs via GUI or command line
- Uses standard Windows install and uninstall
Rootkit detection and removal
Our free software, Sophos Anti-Rootkit, finds and removes any rootkit that is hidden on your computer using advanced rootkit detection technology.
Rootkits can lie hidden on computers and remain undetected by anti-virus software. Although new rootkits can be prevented from infecting the system, if you had any rootkits before you installed your anti-virus, they may never be revealed.
Removing rootkits without compromising system integrity is particularly challenging and needs to be done with care.
Simplified management
Using Sophos Anti-Rootkit is easy. Whether you use its simple graphical user interface or run it from the command line, you can easily detect and remove any rootkits on your computer.
Easy to use
Sophos Anti-Rootkit provides an extra layer of protection, by safely and reliably detecting and removing any rootkit that might already have hidden itself on your system.
Stay free of rootkits
As part of its complete protection of endpoint computers, Sophos Endpoint Security and Control has an integrated detection functionality that removes and prevents them being installed onto your desktops, laptops and servers.
System requirements
Sophos Anti-Rootkit will support the following operating systems:
- Windows NT 4.0 (SP 6a with IE 4.0)*
- Windows 2000 and later (Professional or Server)
- Windows XP (Home or Professional)
- Windows Server 2003 standard edition
- Windows Small Business Server 2003.
NB: Windows Vista is not supported.
Sophos Anti-Rootkit requires a minimum of 128 Mb RAM.
*On Windows NT 4.0 Sophos Anti-Rootkit will only detect hidden files and registry entries
Up-to-date protection
Sophos Anti-Rootkit is a standalone product. Make sure you have downloaded the latest version:
Version 1.3.1
MD5 Checksum:
59e15ff9560923c3b7078d8c5ccb79d8
Resources
What is a rootkit?
A rootkit is a Trojan (or technology) used to hide the presence of a malicious object (process, file, registry key, network port) from the computer user or administrator.
Please note that in order to ensure that users always have the most up-to-date version, the terms of the Sophos Anti-Rootkit EULA do not allow the reposting of this tool on third-party websites. However, you may link to this page from your website.
