These two links may help finding out more about rootkits and cleaning
them up:
http://cayfer.bilkent.edu.tr/~cayfer/linux/Detecting_and_Removing_Rootkits.html
http://forums.theplanet.com/index.php?showtopic=34935
Looking for information about installling and using chkrootkit in Ubuntu
may also
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/147864
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Should be an easy fix? At least it would be nice to have it escalated
upstream.
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Looks like this root kit to me. (Anyone else care to comment?)
http://seclists.org/incidents/2003/Oct/0071.html
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You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
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Indeed this is from the SucKIT rootkit; the ostentatious usage of the
f-word in error messages is a real giveaway. Pull the network cable
please, your system has been compromised.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/147864
You received this bug notification because you
Thank you for reporting this bug and helping make Ubuntu better. However, this
is a rootkit, not a bug.
See: http://seclists.org/incidents/2003/Oct/0071.html
I am closing this bug as Invalid.
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Status: New = Invalid
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