Rootkit scanner

Found via last night’s Tech Support Alert newsletter, F-Secure has made available a beta version of Backlight, a rootkit scanner/revealer for free, until July 1, 2005. This is a great chance to scan all of your home PC’s for free over the next couple of weeks. I’d have to recommend taking advantage of that!

Tags: Rootkits Backlight TechSupportAlert

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