Reviews of Trend Micro RootkitBuster

1. 
   johnusa

   Reviewing 5.0.1129 (May 6, 2013)

   This is the x86 verson and it will not run in x64 Windows 7.
   Get the x64 version from here:
   http://downloadcenter.tr...egs=NABU&lang_loc=1
   
   Also, my scan ran for just 2 seconds and indicated that my system is not infected.
   Unsure of the speed and scan quality, therefore I just gave it 3 stars.
   To be fair, this software may deserve 5 stars if it truly scans a system in lightning speed AND thoroughly.
2. 
   Knife70

   Reviewing 3.60.1016 (Jan 11, 2011)

   On my WinXP.sp3 i have started it, it has installed a driver and asked me for a reboot.
   
   I rebooted, and.... bang... BSoD on 'tm.sys'.
   
   I had to remove this driver into safe mode from my "\system32\drivers" folder.
   
   A very disappointing experience. :(
3. 
   CyberDoc999

   Reviewing 3.60.1016 (Jan 6, 2011)

   crap
4. 
   TomWibbaert

   Reviewing 3.60.1016 (Jan 5, 2011)

   I score any bas**** company that is pre-installed on systems a big fat ZERO.
   People should NOT pay an extra price for crap software, they should be able to have a choice ! And then we didn't even talk about how ustable your system gets after """uninstalling""" this bunch of big-corp crapware.
5. 
   wjf152

   Reviewing 3.60.1016 (Jan 5, 2011)

   I'm on Win xp this scans and picks up 31 items requiring a restart to complete deletion but doesnt delete anything , so whats it supposed to do ?
6. 
   Uniquitous

   Reviewing 2.80.1077 (Dec 1, 2009)

   no x64 version, fail.
7. 
   Pkshadow

   Reviewing 2.80.1077 (Dec 1, 2009)

   It works.
   It does not do a very in-depth scan but thats what it is designed for.
   Runs fast, no install though have not looked through registry yet for a hook.
   
   I would say this is another program to have on your portable USB tool kit drive for those ooh, ooh moments!
   
   Nothing beats a back-up program a virtual disk or a sand box program so you never need to run this program.
   A 4 rating as it does not do a in-depth scan as per Mcafee Stinger but it does do what it is supposed to do.
8. 
   leofelix

   Reviewing 1.6.1060 (Apr 15, 2008)

   Hi all
   never heard about the latest version of Trend Micro Rookit Buster 2.2.1014?:)
   It's improved, very fast scanning it removes MBR rookit too.
9. 
   Skyfrog

   Reviewing 1.6.1060 (Dec 23, 2007)

   Can't install it, gives the error "cannot initialize the API". Uh, ok...
10. 
    Mastertech

    Reviewing 1.6.0.1055 Beta (Aug 14, 2007)

    Excellent and easy to use Rootkit Scanner. They removed the OS Service Hook option to prevent false positive detections.
11. 
    Aegir

    Reviewing 1.6.0.1049 Beta (Dec 26, 2006)

    The scan with standard settings didn't finf anything. But when I selected to scan OS system service hooks it wanted do delete vsdatant.sys in the system32 folder.
    
    I looked it up and it's a component from ZA, so I don't think I can safely remove those items.
12. 
    nilst2006

    Reviewing 1.6.0.1049 Beta (Dec 24, 2006)

    This, as many other, rootkitbusters, doesn't work on a 64-bit Windows. Useless !
13. 
    archangel74

    Reviewing 1.6.0.1049 Beta (Dec 23, 2006)

    ran it fine no problems but it says im am hooked with a bunch of stuff but cannot remove it because they are hidden files finds things but can not remove needs some work i think
14. 
    peterj1978

    Reviewing 1.6.0.1049 Beta (Dec 21, 2006)

    I ran it, with systemhooks enabled and it detected that my kaspersky antivirus had hooked into some system things, didn't find anything else.
    
    Hard to rate when the system appears to be clean.
    
    I guess it does what it proclaims to do and it does it fast, didn't take more than a minute to run on my Atlon XP machine.
15. 
    coover

    Reviewing 1.6.0.1049 Beta (Dec 21, 2006)

    I ran this on my desktop, a computer I believed to be clean of any rootkits and other malware. The full scan was quick, probably less than 2 minutes. Since I thought the computer was clean, and the software reported it as clean, I really cannot report on the software's accuracy, but Trend Micro has an excellent reputation for its security software.
    
    I'll give the software a 5 to adjust for the 1 rating below.
16. 
    benyahuda

    Reviewing 1.6.0.1049 Beta (Dec 21, 2006)

    My reason for such a low score is that it won't run. I get an error stating that Tmcomm service exists but cannot be started.
    
    There are two locations in my
    
    \WINDOWS\system32\Drivers
    and in
    \WINDOWS\SysWOW64\Drivers
    
    where I found a tmcomm.sys. But I found no helpful information in either Trend Micros or Microsofts data bases.
    
    There is no Tmcomm service listed in Administrative Tools\Services so I'm not going to waste any more time with this.

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