Using GMER to detect rootkit malware

GMER is a free tool which you can use to detect rootkit malware. DownAD is one of it. If you suspect that your machine is infected with a rootkit, you may want to run GMER. Item highlighted in red are the identified rootkit malware.

From the identification, you can do proper cleanup. Once done, you may need to rerun GMER to verify that the rootkit has been successfully removed.