Test with Chkrootkit

[Scot L. Harris]

On Sun, 2004-07-25 at 22:09, Norman Nunn wrote:
> In one of my post, I indicated with the upgrade to 0.43, that all the
> original indicators (infections, hidden files and potential Trojan) were
> eliminated from the output.  
> 
> However, /chkrootkit-0.43/chkproc -v specifically list the hidden files
> anyway, and the number of hidden files varies during the run without
> restarting the PC.  The PID numbers used seem to repeat but do not stick
> with the links in the /proc/<PID> directories which are hidden from my
> file manager.  Something causes them to pop up from time to time; I
> would like to know if there is anything wrong with that.
> 
> Norm

Depending on the programs you have running there will be various
processes starting and stopping all the time.  I think what you are
seeing is normal.  Not sure this is something that can be fixed.
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Scot L. Harris
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