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GMER
Software tool for detecting and removing rootkits on Microsoft Windows From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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GMER is a software tool written by a Polish researcher Przemysław Gmerek, for detecting and removing rootkits.[1][2] It runs on Microsoft Windows and has support for Windows NT, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8 and 10. With version 2.0.18327 full support for Windows x64 is added.[3][4][5]
At the time of first release in 2004, it introduced innovative rootkit detection techniques and quickly gained popularity for its effectiveness. It was incorporated into a few antivirus tools including Avast antivirus[6] and SDFix.[7]
For several months in 2006 and 2007, the tool's website was the target of heavy DDoS attacks attempting to block its downloads.[8]
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