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Tom AZ

Jul 13 2009, 07:35 PM

Sophos Anti-Rootkit1.5 released today.

New in this version:

* 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.
* Sophos Anti-Rootkit uses virus data if Sophos Anti-Virus is installed, and will report threats more specifically
than if data is not present.
* Sophos Anti-Rootkit can now scan every file on the disk instead of just the hidden ones, which will potentially
find more malware. This option requires Sophos Anti-Virus to be installed.

Andavari

Jul 15 2009, 06:29 AM

The scanning time has really gotten so much slower with this new version, however it checks all local disks.

I found this tidbit interesting though from the release notes, "sort of an up sell to get their av I suppose":

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

· Sophos Anti-Rootkit can now scan every file on the disk instead of
just the hidden ones, which will potentially find more malware.
This option requires Sophos Anti-Virus to be installed.

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