# Ad-Aware folks made Sony rootkit remover (beta)

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**Created:** [December 17, 2005, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-aware-folks-made-sony-rootkit-remover-beta/336048 "2005-12-17T13:08:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2005, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-aware-folks-made-sony-rootkit-remover-beta/336048/1 "2005-12-17T13:08:38Z")

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Lavasoft, the company that makes the fine Ad-Aware spware/adware remover, has  
made a program to remove the vile Sony rootkit:

[http://www.lavasoftresearch.com/betaprogram/rootkit.php](http://www.lavasoftresearch.com/betaprogram/rootkit.php)

Since it’s a beta and does such low-level stuff, and I’m pretty sure I don’t have the rootkit, I’m not going to risk running it yet. Once it’s out of beta, I’ll run it to make sure I didn’t somehow get rootkit.

If you think you have the rootkit, it might be worth taking a risk on this beta.