On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 12:09:51PM -0700, Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting myself:
>> > Sorry, but that's hopeless: You would have no idea how many other parts
> > of the system are trojaned, corrupted, or otherwise gimmicked.[...]
>> Just a brief note, now that I've caught up with the rest of the thread:
> Misbehaving system does not automatically equate to root-compromised,
> any more than it does to "virus". As far as I can tell, the original
> poster didn't have any compelling reason to think the system had been
> rootkitted, right?
>From the original post:
"find tells me that /sbin/init was changed, and /usr/lib/.ss/sk was installed."
Very much looks like a rootkit.
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