RootKit malware removal utility

[Schadenfroh]

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What is F-Secure BlackLight?

F-Secure BlackLight Rootkit Elimination Technology detects objects that are hidden from users and security tools and offers the user an option to remove them. The main purpose is to fight rootkits and all kinds of malware that use rootkits. The F-Secure BlackLight Rootkit Elimination Technology works by examining the system at a deep level. This enables BlackLight to detect objects that are hidden from the user and security software.

What are the key benefits of F-Secure BlackLight Rootkit Elimination Technology?

* F-Secure BlackLight can detect and eliminate active rootkits from the computer. Traditional antivirus scanners can't detect active rootkits.
* On a normal system F-Secure BlackLight does not confront the user with a long list of suspected objects. This makes F-Secure BlackLight useful even for non-technical users.
* F-Secure BlackLight Rootkit Elimination Technology can be used in the background during normal system operation. Other available scanners require a reboot during scan or may produce false positives if the system is used during scanning.

For whom is F-Secure BlackLight intended?

F-Secure BlackLight is intended for all computer users who want additional security by checking their system for rootkits. F-Secure BlackLight is suitable for use in both home and business environments.

This "might" work against that sony bmg rootkit that you have been hearing about.

Also, sysinternals has a utility to detect it called RkR.

Here is what BriGy86 had to say about Backlight, which i cant test since i am in x64 but the rootkit does not work on my OS, so i am happy

i tried that kootkit finder program that you had linked to in one of your threads, on a friends computer (didn't find anything) but it also didn't screw it up, im guessing it only has the potential the screw stuff up if you start trying to delete or uninstall a rootkit that is found

also when i ran it, it had 2 steps

1-searching the computer
2- clean up

i don't know if it asks to conferm the clean up or not

also i found another search program (RKR) or rootkit revealer

google it and combine it to all to one word, this one only searches and its up to the user to delete it manually

 

[BriGy86]

marked for later, and i sent you a PM

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: BriGy86
marked for later, and i sent you a PM

Thank you for your research, it has been added to the OP.

 

[BriGy86]

i was just told by a co worker that the patch for sony's rootkit through their site is even worse

the program opens up your computer in order to get in and take care of the rootkit, but in doing so OPENS UP your computer

i guess just about any website is free to install what ever they want after using this because it doesn't close up and ports and what not it uses

but i again, i heard this from a co-worker ill try googling it later