Install Rootkit Hunter (1.3)
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Loading ...What is Rootkit Hunter ?
Rootkit scanner is scanning tool to ensure you for about 99.9%* you’re clean of nasty tools. This tool scans for rootkits, backdoors and local exploits by running tests like:
- MD5 hash compare
- Look for default files used by rootkits
- Wrong file permissions for binaries
- Look for suspected strings in LKM and KLD modules
- Look for hidden files
- Optional scan within plaintext and binary files
How to install?
- Login as root to your server
- Download the package and extract it
- Run the installer
- Run rkhunter
wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/rkhunter/rkhunter-1.3.0.tar.gz
tar -xzf rkhunter*
cd rkhunter-*
./installer.sh –layout default –install
/usr/local/bin/rkhunter -c
Enjoy !
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- November 16th
What if your root kit scanner is a root kit?
You forgot to list updating the file property and checking for updates.
./installer.sh –layout default –install
Note there is a double “-” before layout and install.
The blog cut it
Mistake:
3 step:
./installer.sh –-layout default –-install