[X4U] Rootkit Hunter

[Nick Scalise]

On Jul 22, 2006, at 12:32 PM, Paul Moortgat wrote:

> Is it necessary to have the Rootkit Hunter software installed?

No.

From:
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/10/07/mac-security.html>

Editor's note: ...Second, keep in mind this passage from the author:  
"There are few rootkits tailored for BSD (the codebase underlying OS  
X) and none specifically for the Macintosh. Talk of Macintosh  
rootkits is less credible than Elvis sightings, but as we are at  
heart running a Unix system, a generic Unix rootkit could be deployed  
on your Macintosh. Just remember that security is all about planning  
for the worst case; it pays to be paranoid. However, the sky is not  
falling; not today, at least."

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Nick Scalise
nickscalise at cox.net