I have linked the text to the download pages to make it easier for you.
Although, you can always try Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit if you would like to over scanning with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (download the Free version - free version includes on-demand scanning).
HitmanPro (you can activate the free trial for the one-time scan and possible cleaning).Nonetheless, If you can access them, please download the following programs and save them to your desktop: Hello you said/described is a rootkit infection. This report will be created in the same folder that TDSSKiller resides in.Ĭlick to expand. dcexact - Automatically detect and cure any known threats.įor example, you can use the following command to scan your PC and also generated a detailed log written to the file called report.txt. This will not display any windows and allows the program to be used in a centralized way over the network. silent - Scan the computer in silent mode. Only use if your sure the service should be removed. qcsvc - Copy the specified service to the quarantine folder. qmbr - Make a copy of all the Master Boot Records and store them in the quarantine folder. qsus - Copy only the suspicious objects to the quarantine folder. qall - Copy all objects to quarantine folder (Very Aggressive). The following arguments make the actions apply without prompting the user: tdlfs - Detect the presence of TDLFS file system which the TDL 3/4 rootkits create in the last sectors of hard disk drives for storing its files.
sigcheck - Detects all drivers that do not contain a digital signature as suspicious. h - Display a list of the command line arguments. If this folder does not exist, TDSSKiller will create it. qpath - Specify the path to a folder that TDSSKiller should use as the Quarantine folder.
If you do not specify a full pathname, TDSSKiller will save the log in the same folder that the executable resides in. l - Save the TDSSKiller to log to the specified file name. TDSSKiller has the following command-line arguments: Information from the Kaspersky website you should note: You can download it off the official Kaspersky website. Where can I download Kaspersky TDDSKiller?īefore we can start using Kaspersky TDDSKiller, we need to download it. The term "kit" basically represents a set of tools used to perform activities on the system. They can still do things such as: Intercept API calls. User Mode rootkits (AKA rootkits which run in Ring 3) run in the same space that all your other programs run in. Of course, you can get rootkits which run in User Mode. Kernel mode (AKA Ring 0) is preferred by rootkit developers as it gives them a lot more control that they may want. They can also provide backdoor access to the system.Ī rootkit can load it's own drivers on the system (kernel mode) allowing it to be having control of all the other programs on the system. However, if you are infected by a very advanced rootkit which purpose is to stay undetected however steal information from your system (we can use an example here of the government rootkits recently which have been found on some systems/backdoors). Nowadays, you can find a lot of rootkits which aren't "undetected" and "stealth". The tool will run a scan and is designed to detect known and unknown rootkits (it can detect rootkit activity and clean it even if that certain rootkit is new and unknown to Kaspersky Labs).Ī rootkit (in my opinion) is a program which is designed to be undetected by the user and carry out unauthorized actions on the system. Kaspersky TDDSKiller is an advanced Anti-Rootkit tool provided by Kaspersky Labs.
In this guide I will be showing you how to use the famous Kaspersky TDDSkiller tool.