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Rootkit - What does it mean?

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is likely misspelled.


has no English definition.

As a noun rootkit

is a set of software tools used by a third party after gaining access to a computer system in order to conceal the altering of files, or processes being executed by the third party without the user's knowledge.

As a verb rootkit

is to infect (a computer system) with a rootkit.

rootkit

English

Alternative forms

* root kit

Noun

(en noun)
  • (computing) A set of software tools used by a third party after gaining access to a computer system in order to conceal the altering of files, or processes being executed by the third party without the user's knowledge.

    • Verb

    (rootkitt)
  • To infect (a computer system) with a rootkit.
  • * 2000 , Seth T. Ross, UNIX system security tools
    • Given crackers' propensity for "rootkitting" systems — installing altered system binaries to facilitate future access — systematic integrity checks using message digest algorithms or one-way hash functions can be an important detection safeguard.
  • * 2006 , Ed Skoudis, Tom Liston, Counter hack reloaded
    • If not, your system might have been rootkitted .

    See also

    * backdoor * trojan * virus * worm

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.