removing a Linux Keylogger

Rajiv Aaron Manglani rajiv at alum.mit.edu
Mon Jul 25 12:53:39 EDT 2005


> I've never encountered this, so I am at a loss. I recently was told  
> that I likely have a keylogger installed on my linux box. I was  
> left a note in my /root folder from someone else who'd had their  
> machine compromised to store the logins/passwords. The question is  
> how do I know if one is installed and running, and how do I remove  
> it. This is only temporary until I get back to the office and can  
> reload the os.

i'm curious to know if either http://www.chkrootkit.org/ or http:// 
www.rootkit.nl/projects/rootkit_hunter.html detects it.




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