It is Possible to detect and remove Rootkits

Rootkits is one of the many different types of malicious software. Typically rootkit is installed on the computer of the victim after the attacker access to the level of the root of the computer of the victim. The attacker can get access by using the password that it cracked or stolen before or with vulnerabilities system or program into the computer of the victim.

Once installed, the rootkit is designed to make special task, which makes it a cover-up, or hide the activities of the attacker in the computer of the victim. The activities of the attacker could be some malicious software trying to steal your private data such as banking, credit, cards etc. The rootkit itself is not the danger, the activities that he try to hide is the real danger.

Other covering the activities of the aggressor, the rootkit is able to hide operating system and antivirus software. New version of rootkit may be very good at hiding itself, making the task to detect and remove rootkits quite difficult. Not all antivirus software are able to remove a rootkit, especially the generation new, the youngest of rootkits.

Until now, I know, there is not such a special rootkit scanner. If you have received an offer to scan free rootkit online, you should be careful. This could be a scam that will install any fake anti virus on your computer.

Then, how to remove rootkits hidden on your computer? To do this, you will need an antivirus program or against special malware was the detection of intrusion or behavior blocker. These features are designed to operate independently of the virus signature database. The task they are acknowledging the profile or the behavior of malware attack. Even if the rootkit itself is hidden, it will be some processes of access systems work. When anti-virus detects malicious access to any system function it will block the process and try to find the source and the quarantine. You will receive a warning, and then, you could decide what to do with the conclusion.

If you try to clean the rootkit, you will have 50% chance of success. What I mean by that, is when your antivirus software says that it has finished cleaning your computer, it means only that your computer is already clean of malware that are known and detected by anti-virus software. If later you get the same behavior blocker warning, then the risk is great that the rootkit is always hidden on your computer and cannot be detected. In this case, my advice is to copy all your data and all your disk format. Subsequently, you can do a clean install. In my view, it is the smartest way to.

If you suspect that your computer is infected by rootkits, it is best that you try download and install malicious software with Blocker detection or intrusion behavior function. Some malicious software will allow to download and try the version full of malware for free for several weeks.