Kaspersky Lab has developed the TDSSKiller utility that allows removing rootkits.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
RussiaPlatforms
- Windows
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Rootkit Hunter Alternatives for Windows
Rootkit Hunter is not available for Windows but there are a few alternatives that runs on Windows with similar functionality. The best Windows alternative is TDSSKiller, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked six alternatives to Rootkit Hunter and four of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to Rootkit Hunter are GMER, Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit and RootkitRevealer.
Alternatives list
6 TDSSKiller alternatives
10 GMER alternativesGMER is an application that detects and removes rootkits .
It scans for:
- hidden processes
- hidden threads
- hidden modules
- hidden services
- hidden files
- hidden Alternate Data Streams
- hidden registry keys
- drivers hooking SSDT
- drivers hooking IDT
- drivers hooking IR.
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Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit BETA drills down and removes even deeply embedded rootkits
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
RRootkitRevealer is an advanced rootkit detection utility. It runs on Windows NT 4 and higher and its output lists Registry and file system API discrepancies that may indicate the presence of a user-mode or kernel-mode rootkit.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
- Online
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