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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: April 10, 2007
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Publisher's description
From AVG Technologies USA :AVG Anti-Rootkit is a powerful tool with state-of-the-art technology for detection and removal of rootkits. Rootkits are used to hide the presence of a malicious object like trojans or keyloggers on your computer. If a threat uses rootkit technology to hide itself it is very hard to find the malware on your PC. AVG Anti-Rootkit gives you the power to find and delete the rootkit and to uncover the threat the rootkit is hiding.
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User reviews of AVG Anti-Rootkit Free 1.1.0.42
- Average user rating: 3.3 stars out of 139 votes
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7 out of 18 people found this review helpful
Version: AVG Anti-Rootkit Free 1.1.0.42
Pros: Easy to install and use.Quick scans some files and process only.
Cons: Doesn't scan registry areas and archive files.Doesn't properly remove found Root-kits.Can't save a log of scanning results.Some Root-kits escaped the detection from this product.Just because it's free people over-rate it.There are many free Root detectors which do better job than this product.
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8 out of 8 people found this review helpful
Version: AVG Anti-Rootkit Free 1.1.0.42
Pros: Easy to install and uninstall. No error or problem like the last Beta version of AVG Anti-Rootkit. Although most Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware block Rootkits, AVG Anti-Rootkit is designed for detecting already on the system rootkit(s). The scan time is not slow, but also not fast.
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13 out of 17 people found this review helpful
Version: AVG Anti-Rootkit Free 1.1.0.42
Pros: Rootkits are nastier and stealthier than any other malicious program, thus, if your PC has no rootkit detector, you're lacking. This software is free. In my first scan it did not detect any rootkits...my PC is rootkits' free.
This software don't use too much resources on y PC and it scans fast.
Cons: None
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13 out of 16 people found this review helpful
Version: AVG Anti-Rootkit Free 1.1.0.42
"Difficult to assess fully..."
Pros: ....because I've got other anti-rootkit software that may have already saved me from inadvertently acquiring any of these real nasties. Like a lot of other people I really became aware of what a rootkit could do when Sony decided to add them by stealth onto our computers by people playing one of their CD's on a computer. I'd heard of them before but only really looked into preventing them getting onto my machines after that PR fiasco.
I've used AVG's anti-virus for about 6 years and their anti-spyware for about 18 months, I have to say that as I'm really happy with both of these programs that I trust AVG, which is why I am inclined to trust this program. I have used BitDefender Rootkit Uncover, McAfee Rootkit Detective, RootkitRevealer, Trend Micro Rootkit Buster and Blacklight's anti-rootkit program, these may all have prevented my computers from being attacked by rootkits, they all seem to do much the same thing, but as always there's no harm in having alternative protections as compared to having only 1 anti-rootkit/spyware prog.
Cons: None so far
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: AVG Anti-Rootkit Free 1.1.0.42
Pros: Great software . Light & easy to use
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