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[ Source: chkrootkit ]

Package: chkrootkit (0.47-1.1ubuntu0.1) [security]

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Maintainer:

Ubuntu Core Developers (Mail Archive)

Please consider filing a bug or asking a question via Launchpad before contacting the maintainer directly.

Original Maintainer (usually from Debian):

lantz moore

It should generally not be necessary for users to contact the original maintainer.

Similar packages:

Checks for signs of rootkits on the local system

chkrootkit identifies whether the target computer is infected with a rootkit. Some of the rootkits that chkrootkit identifies are:

 1. lrk3, lrk4, lrk5, lrk6 (and some variants);
 2. Solaris rootkit;
 3. FreeBSD rootkit;
 4. t0rn (including latest variant);
 5. Ambient's Rootkit for Linux (ARK);
 6. Ramen Worm;
 7. rh[67]-shaper;
 8. RSHA;
 9. Romanian rootkit;
 10. RK17;
 11. Lion Worm;
 12. Adore Worm.

Please note that this is not a definitive test, it does not ensure that the target has not been cracked. In addition to running chkrootkit, one should perform more specific tests.

Other Packages Related to chkrootkit

depends

recommends

suggests

dep: binutils

The GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities
dep: debconf

Debian configuration management system

or debconf-2.0

virtual package provided by cdebconf, cdebconf-udeb, debconf
dep: libc6 (>= 2.4)

GNU C Library: Shared libraries
also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
dep: net-tools

The NET-3 networking toolkit
dep: procps

/proc file system utilities

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Architecture	Package Size	Installed Size	Files
amd64	302.3 kB	872.0 kB	[list of files]
i386	273.0 kB	756.0 kB	[list of files]

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