razz Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 ThreatFire enables you to perform a rootkit scan. As you know, there are many other rootkit scanners on the market as well (besides the built in rootkit scan as part of many anti-virus programs). Performing a rootkit scan once a week seems about right to me. What's your opinion? A-Z Freeware Launcher Plus on MajorGeeks A-Z Freeware Launcher Plus on Softpedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icedrake Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Yeah, once a week is good. In my opinion, once a month is too long, and once a day is too frequent. So once a week is just right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razz Posted July 5, 2009 Author Share Posted July 5, 2009 Yeah, once a week is good. In my opinion, once a month is too long, and once a day is too frequent. So once a week is just right. Not too often, not too infrequent, just right :-) Thanks Icedrake. A-Z Freeware Launcher Plus on MajorGeeks A-Z Freeware Launcher Plus on Softpedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ishan_rulz Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 or.... once in 2 weeks Simplicity is hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted July 5, 2009 Moderators Share Posted July 5, 2009 Or just use something like Avast which I believe does a quick check at ever startup. Or use AntiVir which can be configured to automatically scan for them when doing on-demand scans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom AZ Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 I believe SAS and MBAM will scan for them as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Last I heard you can't fix a rootkit problem without reformatting, and then that might not even work. Shows what I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted July 7, 2009 Moderators Share Posted July 7, 2009 Last I heard you can't fix a rootkit problem without reformatting, and then that might not even work. Matters what the damage is and how destructive it is. I use the freeware Sophos Anti-Rootkit alongside Avast and MBAM. Although I've never seen anything detect a rootkit on my system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Sophos is good, but gee ya think they would ask your sexual orientation on their download query page, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted July 7, 2009 Moderators Share Posted July 7, 2009 You can always get the direct download link on Softpedia here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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