04.10.07

Grisoft Releases Free Anti-Rootkit Software

Posted in IT, Tools at 11:34 pm by Tyler Reguly

I, for one, have always been impressed with Grisoft's products. Their free AVG Anti-Virus is on par with any paid offerings from their competitors and, in many cases, it's better. It's also much less of a resource hog. So I was actually quite excited when I saw a press release today (yesterday now I suppose) from Grisoft stating that they were offering Anti-Rootkit software. While I haven't tried the software myself, I'd encourage everyone to give it a try and see how it works. Feel free to share your feedback as well.

Press Release Snip:

"Rootkits are computer code that attempt to hide their actions and processes, making the job of detecting the code and the harmful processes very difficult," explains Larry Bridwell, Global Security Strategist of GRISOFT. "AVG Anti-Rootkit is developed to detect and destroy rootkits effectively, without bothering users with false alarms."

Note: I said "yesterday now" because I typed this at 12:35 on the 11th, but apparently the server time is off because this showed up as 11:35 on the 10th.