[SOLVED] Fresh LL Install: Rootkit?

[altman]

Searching for Suckit rootkit...                            Warning: /sbin/init INFECTED

, on chkrootkit commands in Terminal , wonder how come & if it s a false positive .

[altman]

Ah , to other people if it happens , just found this link : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1555330

Hope it will help people .

It s weird as rkhunter didn t find anything .

How do we fix typos in the Thread Tittle please , can t find it how . Ok , just found out how .

[Scott(0)]

Good information to be aware of, thanks.

[altman]

Good information to be aware of, thanks.

No problem mate .

[bruno]

This looks worrying.
Do you think ubuntu will release a security update for this ?

[altman]

This looks worrying.
Do you think ubuntu will release a security update for this ?

No worries bruno , it s a false positive , I was worried at first but when I saw this I was ok with this . When one knows it s ok afterward .

[N4RPS]

Hello!

At the risk of being wrong, I haven't heard of too many Linux exploits. However, as Linux becomes more popular, I'm sure they'll be coming - especially as more and more people abandon the soon-to-be-subscription-based Windows.

As for myself, I don't see myself paying $120 a year just to have my computer infected by every Tom, Dick, and Harry (not to mention the johns, heheheheheheh). Besides, the 'local KMS' workarounds aren't exactly going to go away, as corporate users will still need KMS to validate their copies of Windows.

With the current system of checks and balances built in, you'd just about have to create your own .deb to infect others. A malicious PPA just wouldn't last long enough to infect a significant number of people...

73 DE N4RPS
Rob

[altman]

True N4RPS , but it will start as Linux gets a little bit more popular , but way behind windows . As stated , always be aware of what we open in our email accounts an so on .