Sophos Anti-Rootkit: overview
Sophos Anti-Rootkit is a tool for removing rootkits, and cleaning up any malicious files. Rootkits are programs designed to conceal the presence of an application on a computer by hiding processes, files, configuration information, network traffic or other observable information from a user.
- Sophos Anti-Rootkit runs on Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 computers. For system requirements details, see the Sophos Anti-Rootkit user manual. Both Windows graphical user interface (GUI) and command line versions are available.
- Sophos Anti-Rootkit can be run on a computer that has an anti-virus product currently installed on it.
When should you use Sophos Anti-Rootkit?
- When a malware infection is detected on a system
- If you are a network administrator wanting to perform a rootkit audit of your network
- If your network's security patches are not up to date, or are not well maintained
- When installing Sophos
Anti-Virus onto a computer for the first time
Further information:
- Using the command line version
- Scanning your network with Sophos Anti-Rootkit
- Error displayed when running Sophos Anti-Rootkit in safe mode.
- Files with long names may show incorrectly on Asian language systems
- Rootkit removal on a network with an infected domain controller
If you need more information or guidance, then please contact technical support.
- Article ID: 17026
- Created: 17 Aug 2006
- Last updated: 9 Oct 2008
