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Hans-Werner Hilse wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:30:01 +0200 "Xav'" <blackhawk@××××××××.fr> wrote: |
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>> If you want to check there is no such program on your system, I |
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>> advice you to try chkrootkit, to check there is no such rootkit on |
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>> your system... |
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> To put it correctly, since there is _NO_ way to assure that there isn't |
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> a rootkit: |
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> chkrootkit can be used to check whether there _are_ _known_ rootkits. |
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> BTW, there are other, similar programs that do the same. |
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> But my point is: You can never be sure, since a hypothesis can't be |
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> proven correct, just invalid. |
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> If there are indications a rootkit might be present, there's no secure |
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> way to remove it but to reinstall. |
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> -hwh |
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Hans, Xav, Thank You both, ran the root kit check no problems. |
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