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linux-rootkit-expunger
HISTORICAL RECORD2012–2012
pschlump / linux-rootkit-expunger · Not publicly available

linux-rootkit-expunger

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Observed mentions: 2012-11-21 17:49:56 UTC to 2012-11-21 18:27:29 UTC.

012012-11-21 17:00:00 UTC to 2012-11-21 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsNov 21, 17:002012-11-21 18:00:00 UTC to 2012-11-21 19:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsNov 21, 18:00

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I looked at your script at https://github.com/pschlump/linux-rootkit-expunger/blob/mast... and you're just doing a simple file read of /etc/rc.local. This will not work as the rootkit hides itself. I suggest you do not claim that your removal tool works until you have tested it successfully. this is true for all software, but is even more critical for something like this, since a false sense of security is actually far worse than just being infected.
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