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 -- Jack Nicholson: My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son of a bitch. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
