These functionalities turn Rootkits into an effective means of smuggling malicious software into computer systems. Due to their stealthy nature, Rootkits are not only able to conceal their presence on the PC, but also draw a veil over any program installed with their help. Rootkits may also install a “backdoor” in a system by replacing the login mechanism with an executable that accepts a secret login combination which in turn allows an attacker to access the system regardless of changes to the actual accounts on the system.įundamentally, rootkits let an otherwise standard user perform tasks requiring admin rights, including but not limited to installing all sorts of software applications onto the targeted computer. Often they are Trojans as well thus fooling users into believing they are safe to run on their systems. Typically rootkits act to obscure their presence on the system through subversion or evasion of standard operating system security mechanisms. A rootkit is intended to seize control of the operating system.

Contrary to what its name implies a rootkit does not grant you administrator access as it requires prior access to execute and tamper with security files and processes.Ī hacker may attempt to use a rootkit to replace vital system executables which may then be used to hide processes and files the hacker has installed along with the presence of the rootkit. This option requires Sophos Anti-Virus to be installed.A rootkit is a software system that consists of a program or combination of several programs designed to hide or obscure the fact that a computer system has been compromised.

Sophos Anti-Rootkit can now scan every file on the disk instead of just the hidden ones, which will potentially find more malware.

Sophos Anti-Rootkit uses virus data if Sophos Anti-Virus is installed, and will report threats more specifically than if data is not present.

Support for disk and registry scanning on new platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows 7, and Windows 64-bit platforms.

This option requires Sophos Anti-Virus to be installed.

* Sophos Anti-Rootkit can now scan every file on the disk instead of just the hidden ones, which will potentially find more malware. * Sophos Anti-Rootkit uses virus data if Sophos Anti-Virus is installed, and will report threats more specifically than if data is not present. * Support for disk and registry scanning on new platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows 7, and Windows 64-bit platforms.

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