Hi,

> If you're happy that it's nothing nefarious then I 
> believe that you can get
> rid of it by rotating /var/log/wtmp
> 
> login as root:
> cd /var/log
> mv wtmp wtmp.old
> touch wtmp
> chmod 0644 wtmp
> 
> Log in to the shell from another SSH session and make 
> sure /var/log/wtmp is
> > 0 blocks (don't try cat it's in binary). Try 
> chkrootkit again.

Thanks this worked well. 

Jon

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