so there is always an assumption

On 8/6/07, Uwe Thiem <uwix@iway.na> wrote:
>
> On 06 August 2007, sean wrote:
> > Hans-Werner Hilse wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:30:01 +0200 "Xav'" <blackhawk@linuxant.fr>
> 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
>
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