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> Actually, it may not be that bad. My machine is standalone and I'm the
> only user. I'm thinking of doing a clean wipe, and resinstalling from the
> CD. Of course, that would mean reinstalling all my applications all over
> again. Could I still use the RPMs and tarballs I've downloaded, or is it
> likely that these are compromised too?

Are you feelin' lucky?  ;->

Me, I'd grab the copies on my backups from before the security
compromise.

> As for my data, I can back them up and put them on removable media or
> upload them somewhere.

This might help:
http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/linux-info/kb/200

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