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Sophos Anti-Rootkit: displays an error when run in Safe mode

The following error message is displayed when you attempt to run the Sophos Anti-Rootkit in Windows Safe mode:

Error: Could not initialize kernel driver memsweep.sys. Please restart and try again.
This service cannot be started in Safe Mode.

What to do

Sophos Anti-Rootkit will not run in Windows Safe mode. This applies to both the graphical user interface (GUI) version and the command line version of Sophos Anti-Rootkit.

You must restart your computer in normal mode, and then run Sophos Anti-Rootkit.

If you need more information or guidance, then please contact technical support.