Gmer anti Rootkit?

Has anyone used this program? I am looking at Rootkit detection programs. I have seen that this one is supposed to be good and free. Please provide any info you can.

 

A forum search turned up numerous threads that might interest you and the below one has numerous member comments concerning this program.

Gmer....newish rootkit detector ?

 

Thank you Bubba. I have read the posts and now I'm confused. kareldjag doesn't seem to think it is very good.

 

Yes, many times. A newer version was just released. It's very powerful so you have to be careful. Remember that no rootkit detector is 100%, there are newer rootkits that can hide from GMER.

Pros:
• A strong, versatile utility
• Detailed log files
• Works in Safe Mode
• Covers many different areas such as the file system, the registry, SSDT, IRP, and IDT calls

Cons:
• Various bugs in the program
• Too powerful, dangerous if a novice user makes a wrong choice
• Not enough documentation
• Home made, no warranty.

 

To view the mentality of the people actualy creating these rootkit detectors,
I am guessing the best place to look is at this ongoing Sysinternals thread.

http://forum.sysinternals.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7003&PN=1&TPN=1


controler

 

damn, that sounds serious..

beside what is a DKOH variant?

 

Yep gmer is very powerful, I almost froze up my system from startin up when I enabled the various features it has.

 

Same power here
Prefer IceSword and Blacklight. This combination should do the Job.

 

No Gmer is better, SSDT Restorer, but one thing lacks, the Raide Beta feature to unhook the whole System Service Descriptor Table in one click!