Avira AntiRootkit Tool 1.3.0.1 released

Code:

http://dlpro.antivir.com/package/antirootkit/win32/en/avira_antivir_antirootkit_en.zip

PS : it's not standalone tool ...you need avira product installed on your computer to run this (

 

Thanks

 

Actually its a standalone tool. If you have avira product installed you will know what rootkits are harmful.

 

Thanks!

 

Thanks my good friend

 

you are most welcome guys ...

um.... you cant run it if u dont have avira installed, how can i call it standalone tool?

 

I got this lovely error:
One of the Avira AntiVir Desktop version 9 products must be installed first. The application will exit.

Not only does it require Avira to be installed, it also recommends an outdated version

 

Got the same message here.

 

I'm still trying to figure out what's the real purpose of this anti-rootkit tool?

 

Sorry for the confusions I created. Actually previously it can be run without an Avira Product installed.

 

Edit sorry

 

According to their webpage http://www.avira.com/en/support-download-avira-antirootkit-tool ( 4 months old) The product is for Avira AntiVir Personal, Premium, Premium Security Suite, Professional
I do not understand, as premium has its own rootkit scanner http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/6190/31240565.jpg

 

So does Noton I'm sure and yet they have Power Eraser.

 

i dont think Power Eraser requires a Norton product to be installed to use it.

 

This is the exception, not the norm.

 

That's not my point. mick92z seemed to be questioning the need for it at all. The point was that Eraser is a utility that can be used in addition to or separate from from the Av as pretty much everybody scans for rootkits nowadays.

 

Not anymore. There was a thread around here listing vendors that have something similar.

 

well hes right, Norton power eraser isnt really targeted for just Norton users to use, Avira's is absolutely pointless since it only lets u use it with an Avira product installed making it useless as a standalone scanner.

 

As a standalone for non Avira users yes, correct, as a suplemental tool for Avira users thats another question.

 

By this I meant Avira being the exception. Where is that list of scanners?

 

Here's one. I'm sure your familiar with several mentioned although I'm not sure if this is the one I was thinking of.https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=291789&highlight=antirootkit

 

I'm pretty sure that all of them with the exception of Avira are standalone scanners.

Should've included more details to my previous vague statement to avoid confusion.

 

I'm sure you're right Post #6 in the link I provided mentioned this list http://www.kernelmode.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=10

 

well i guess the question is then, is the standalone rootkit scanner any better than the rootkit scanner in Avira, and if it is, why would they make the rootkit scanner inside the product intentionally worse.

 

Perhaps less "aggressive" would be a better word than worse. Here's a thread on Norton Power Eraser https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=294862&highlight=Norton Power Eraser