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 System requirements page on the Sophos website. 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:

• Download the Sophos Anti-Rootkit
• Using the command line version
• Scanning your network with Sophos Anti-Rootkit
• Files with long names may show incorrectly on Asian language systems
• Rootkit removal on a network with an infected domain controller