Using Sophos Anti-Rootkit

Sophos Anti-Rootkit will scan your computer for files that have been hidden using rootkit technology.

Many of the newer malware infections use this technology to hide themselves and to make them more difficult to remove.

Installation

Download Sophos Anti-Rootkit 1.1 and save to a location you will be able to find such as your desktop

Run sarsfx.exe by double clicking on it.

Click Accept to agree to the EULA

Click Install (if you wish to change the default installation location do so here but remember where you install to, the default is C:\SOPHTEMP)

Once it finishes copying files, exit the installer​

Running the scan

Navigate to the location that you installed the software to (Default: C:\SOPHTEMP)

Run sargui.exe by double clicking on it.

Ensure that all three of the options are checked

Click Start Scan

Once the scan is complete, close Sophos Anti-Rootkit by closing the scan window and clicking Exit in the main window

DO NOT CLICK 'CLEAN UP CHECKED ITEMS' OR ATTEMPT TO HAVE SOPHOS ANTI-ROOTKIT FIX ANYTHING UNLESS SPECIFICALLY INSTRUCTED TO IN THE THREAD YOU ARE WORKING ON​

Finding the logs

Click on Start --> Run

Type in %TEMP%\sarscan.log and press enter

The log file will open in the default editor (probably Notepad)

Click File --> Save As and save the file to your desktop or other location for easy retrieval.


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Procedure written by matt.chugg