bad luck with installing anti-rookit programs?

[Guest Massimo]

Hello,

 

This night I tried to install two anti-rootkit programs: Gmer and

Rootkit Revealer. The programs downloaded from their respective sites

(not via suspect sites).

 

Gmer could be installed after Windows Defender asked me if I really

wanted tot install it. It then installed and probably did a quick

spontaneous scan (?) but when I tried to have it scan again, the

interface did not respond well: it was inpossible to click on the

C-drive to have it scanned. What a bad interface!

 

Rootkit Revealer: again Defender asked me if... and I responded

affirmatively but Defender did not accept. It said:

"Unable to install RootkitRevealer service: (the rest translated from

Dutch:)The service has not responded well to the start- or

steercommand."

 

What is wrong with these programs or with my Vista?

 

Massimo

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Perhaps you'd like to tell us why you installed Gmer and Rootkit Revealer in

the first place?

 

Massimo wrote:<span style="color:blue">

> Hello,

>

> This night I tried to install two anti-rootkit programs: Gmer and

> Rootkit Revealer. The programs downloaded from their respective sites

> (not via suspect sites).

>

> Gmer could be installed after Windows Defender asked me if I really

> wanted tot install it. It then installed and probably did a quick

> spontaneous scan (?) but when I tried to have it scan again, the

> interface did not respond well: it was inpossible to click on the

> C-drive to have it scanned. What a bad interface!

>

> Rootkit Revealer: again Defender asked me if... and I responded

> affirmatively but Defender did not accept. It said:

> "Unable to install RootkitRevealer service: (the rest translated from

> Dutch:)The service has not responded well to the start- or

> steercommand."

>

> What is wrong with these programs or with my Vista?

>

> Massimo </span>

[Guest Kayman]

On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:26:36 +0200, Massimo wrote:

<span style="color:blue">

> Hello,

>

> This night I tried to install two anti-rootkit programs: Gmer and

> Rootkit Revealer. The programs downloaded from their respective sites

> (not via suspect sites).

>

> Gmer could be installed after Windows Defender asked me if I really

> wanted tot install it. It then installed and probably did a quick

> spontaneous scan (?) but when I tried to have it scan again, the

> interface did not respond well: it was inpossible to click on the

> C-drive to have it scanned. What a bad interface!

>

> Rootkit Revealer: again Defender asked me if... and I responded

> affirmatively but Defender did not accept. It said:

> "Unable to install RootkitRevealer service: (the rest translated from

> Dutch:)The service has not responded well to the start- or

> steercommand."

>

> What is wrong with these programs or with my Vista?</span>

 

For specialized help go to:

http://forum.sysinternals.com/forum_topics.asp?FID=15

http://antirootkit.com/forums/viewforum.ph...a6c1f7a76ecc9c1

 

Good luck style_emoticons/