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Bootkit vs Rootkit - What's the difference?

bootkit | rootkit |

As nouns the difference between bootkit and rootkit

is that bootkit is (label) a rootkit which works by replacing]] boot loader and patching the kernel before it is starts [[execute|executing while rootkit is (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.

As a verb rootkit is

to infect (a computer system) with a rootkit.

bootkit

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (label) A rootkit which works by replacing]] boot loader and patching the kernel before it is starts [[execute, executing.
  • Hypernyms

    * (type of rootkit) (l), (l)

    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