Rootkity ve Windows (devadesát procent všech nalezených Microsoftem rootkit? vychází z rootkitu Hacker Defender, který napsal ?eský programátor):
- Hacker Defender
- FU
- HE4Hook
- Vanquish
- AFX
- NT Rootkit
Nástroje, které mohou rootkity detekovat:
- PatchFinder2 and Klister/Flister, proof-of-concept tools
- from Polish researcher Joanna Rutkoska
- RootkitRevealer from Sysinternals
- Blacklight from F-Secure
- Microsoft File Checksum Integrity Environment
- Bootable Antivirus & Recovery Tools from Alwil Software (CZ)
- Knoppix Security Tools Distribution (open source)