Rootkit
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Rootkit is a noun meaning (transitive) To infect (a computer system) with a rootkit.
Meaning
(transitive) To infect (a computer system) with a rootkit.
More Meanings
- (computer security) A set of software tools used by a third party to gain unauthorized access to a computer system and control the system while concealing itself from the user.
Example Sentences
If not, your system might have been rootkitted.
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.
Word Forms
- rootkits
- root kit
- rootkitting
- rootkitted
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rooter, bootkit, root, kernel, creepware, crimeware.
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