Security: Combat the Rootkit Threat

Rootkits are the latest threat to your Windows security, and one of the most serious. They are small software programs designed to hide themselves and other files from the operating system so that you dont know that they are there. Usually this means that they take over core parts of Windows, so that whenever anyone performs a file search operation the files that they are hiding are not returned. As well as hiding files they are also used to hide running programs, so that they will not show up in the task manager, for example. This becomes a problem when the files that they are hiding are a virus or Trojan that your regular anti-virus software is unable to detect and remove. To get rid of a rootkit, specialist software is required that delves deep into the Windows system to find out what is present. In this article, we introduce some of the best free rootkit removal tools available, all of which you will find on this website.