Re: F-Secure Blacklight

From: Bigbruva (Richardh_at_dontusethis.ws)
Date: 06/29/05

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    Good advice, however currently the SysInternals RootkitRevealer is a much
    more affective scanner, it is not in Beta and works in Boot environments
    like WinPE.
    http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/RootkitRevealer.html

    BB

    "PS" <PS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    news:1D51376A-577E-4AE4-A6FC-735E8AFDB609@microsoft.com...
    > It is probably a good idea for anyone who runs their system in Admin mode
    > to
    > download the free beta of F-Secure's blacklight root virus detector and
    > scan
    > the systems. http://www.f-secure.com/blacklight/
    >
    > It is very dangerous to leave a system loged in with Admin rights - unless
    > absolutely necessary you should run in one of the protected modes.
    > (knowledgeable techs can give admin rights to specific programs that
    > require
    > them by editing registry entry's - not for novices because you may lock
    > yourself out of your computer forever).
    >
    > PS

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