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

The problems remain: You can't be sure. :-(

Uwe

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