Avira AntiRootkit tool

Hi,
after starting the tool, there's instantly an error:

"The integrity check of one component cannot be checked. The application will exit."

Any ideas what could cause this ? I didn't find anything in the www ?

thank you guys!

 

did you try download it again in case it got corrupted somehow?

 

thanks, yes i did

 

What did the vendor say?

Check the user forum at Avira.

 

The user forum at Avira says that if you want to run a rootkit scan with Ver. 10 you need to "open the Control Center | Local protection | Scanner | Scan for active malware."

The rootkit tool in their download area doesn't work with ver. 10.

 

Thank you all,
i used their forum's search-function but didn't find that answer.

 

Is this a separate tool or is it bundled with Avira 10?

 

It is bundled with ver. 10. if you check scan for active malware on the scanner a rootkit should detected.

You also can go to configuration, expert mode, scanner, scan, additional setting, and make sure the check box Search for Rootkits before Scan is checked.

 

Okay, thanks.

 

Should we check boxes for both the OS and recovery?

Also, under configuration, should we ALSO check search for rootkits before scan?

Not sure if I should do one or both.

 

From the help file:

It looks like it depends on how thorough you would like the scan to be and how long you want the scan to take. I don't think there would be a benefit from checking them both. If you want just the Windows system directory checked for rootkits you could check the checkbox under configuration. This would be quicker. If you want everything checked you could use the scan profile scan for rootkits.