The best rootkit cleaner?

People seem to have it all wrong about security and AV/Malware apps.

Granted you can do anything you want, no one will argue that, BUT the real point of having these apps and you better not argue about that is prevention!

Now if you're sitting around for hours on end scanning and really getting infected then you are putting the horse before the cart, heard that expression before?

Truth be told, then you've got a lousy system in place, junk tools, or you need to just get more experience, because even good tools in the hands of the inexperienced won't do much, nothing is perfect.

So, when you get really infected, or you are not really sure, it's better to be safe then sorry and you should just have an image backup, slap it back in and be done with it in like 5-10mins, clean install.

I use to be of the same mentality before, trying to figure out this infection that infection this tool that tool, who cares, slap an image back in and be done with it. And if you think this is all learning, it's a waste of time. LEARN how to keep from getting infected in the first place and you'll never need to worry about all this non-sense.

Your putting the cart before the horse and wasting your time and resources which should be put to use learning about ---> PREVENTION!

 

ARK's or any other Anti etc tools are nice to play with, but the main reason i've collected them is to use on other peoples comps when they have problems, and they do

 

i've always used GMER but people say it's very buggy
IMO its been a bliss for me

 

dr.web cureit all the way

 

Hitman Pro proudly brought to you by The Loman Bros........ all the way!

 

Does anyone have any experience in using Antivirus Rescue CD's to clean rootkits? I am curious how well they perform when dealing with rootkits.

Thanks in Advance.

 

I use dr. web live cd everyday while at customer calls.. yet to let me down...

 

I have used Gmer a couple of times in the past and it just worked for me.But a clean system image rolled out from a partition when your are hit by a stubborn rootkit, is the best rootkit cleaner.

 

What DrWeb "Actions" settings do you recommend for cleaning up the typical infected PC with the DrWeb Live CD?

The only problem that I am having with the DrWeb Live CD is that I cannot get it to update. I checked the Network Configuration and all seems OK. Firefox can get on the web and easily surf. However, the E-Mail program that is used to report Bugs also does not work. Any ideas?

I have almost no malware cleaning experience. I have not got infected in years, but I know of a lot of people who have malware problems. I want to be able to recommend simple solutions that do a decent job of cleaning up a PC. They typically, only want to run one scan and be done with it.

Thanks in Advance.

 

I did not notice before now that it appears that the DrWeb Live CD is frequently updated (based on the date of the ISO file). I downloaded the Live CD ISO yesterday. Maybe there are no newer updates since then. I guess that the most simple thing to do is just download a fresh DrWeb Live CD ISO and burn it to a CD just before cleaning a PC. That also takes care of any Internet connection issues since you do not need to update it before scanning.

 

I have installed Kingstons urDrive on my system partition by mistake, and I couldn't remove it after, so I just deleted the icons
Now hitman pro reportes it as a Rootkit, but the free version only removes tracking cookies (I'm going to uninstall it)!
I have scaned with MBAM and DrWeb Cureit, but didn't find anything. Any suggestions, maybe prevx?

 

@JohnnyBravo: Enable trial version of Hitman Pro and clean the threat. Moreover, post a snap of Hitman Pro showing infected files.

 

Hitman Pro is the ultimate rootkit cleaner. I've been using it to remove rootkits on my friends' computers. It even once removed a 64-bit rootkit.

 

If it is a rootkit, you can also try Prevx. It removes rootkits free of cost.

 

Here it is



I have also scanned with the Prevx free and it also founds something, but doesn't remove it when free
http://www.prevx.com/safeonlinerevi...essionID=0419EDB0-3AF8-461E-BC9C-003CEFB77A07

http://info.prevx.com/aboutprogramt...essionID=0419EDB0-3AF8-461E-BC9C-003CEFB77A07

 

Select 'Next' and activate trial to remove it.

 

If you know the name and location then boot from a live cd and delete it or cut and paste to desktop for harvesting.