Overview
What is ADS Revealer?
ADS Revealer - Scans selected folders or discs, identifying the ADS and giving the user the possibility to remove them or export their content
In depth
A closer look at ADS Revealer
The Alternate Data Streams (ADS) allow you to associate some additional information to the files written on a disc with the NTFS filesystem (New Technology System Rows, available with all the Windows operating systems from Windows NT 3.1, therefore including Windows 2000 and XP). Similar in purpose and functionality to the fork used on Macintosh systems, the streams of alternative data concur to save additional information regarding a given file, for example the author and title of a document, or some other information about graphic files. However, the ADS can also contain pieces of malware code and in fact, various malware creators take advantage of this NTFS characteristic to hide their presence on the infected systems.
Requirements
System requirements
Windows Vista / Windows XP / Windows 2000
Verdict
Should you download ADS Revealer?
ADS Revealer runs on
Windows 10/11
and is available under the
Freeware
license
— the installer is 572 KB.
We’ve catalogued it under
Adware, Spyware and Virus Protection.
✓
Verified clean. Every ADS Revealer build on SoftLookup is scanned for viruses, spyware, adware, trojans and backdoors. We re-test on every update.
Sponsored
At a glance
ADS Revealer specifications
- Publisher
-
ESET (Paolo Monti)
- Last updated
- Apr 28, 2026
- Requirements
- Windows Vista / Windows XP / Windows 2000
- License
- Freeware
- Operating system
- Windows 10/11
- File size
- 572 KB
- Price
- Free
- Page views
- 623
Help fellow users decide. Share your experience with ADS Revealer.