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Re: [LUG] chkrootkit

 

On 28/01/11 18:04, Paul Sutton wrote:
> 
> just running chkrootkit  is there anything below i should be worried
> about ?

I don't think so.

> Checking `aliens'...
> /dev/shm/pulse-shm-3620034508

This is the most worrying, but appears to be a common false positive for
chkrootkit, so now an excellent name to use for your root kit. If you
use pulse audio (and many GNU/Linux installs do), then this is probably
fine.

> Searching for suspicious files and dirs, it may take a while... The
> following suspicious files and directories were found:
> /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/.path
> /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/PyQt4/uic/widget-plugins/.noinit
> /usr/lib/thunderbird-3.1.7/.autoreg /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.2.13/.autoreg
> /usr/lib/firefox-3.6.13/.autoreg

It is just finding various "hidden" files, they look plausibly boring.

> wlan0: PACKET SNIFFER(/sbin/wpa_supplicant[1086], /sbin/dhclient3[1772])

The wireless software sniffs the wireless interface - sounds plausibly
normal.

> xulrunner sounds familar but not in the sense its malicious or anything,

XUL (XML user interface) is the GUI language bit of Firefox and
Thunderbird amongst other apps. XULrunner is a (very common) runtime for
that language, so it suggests you are running software written by, or
using libraries by, Mozilla.

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