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(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..
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.
If not, your system might have been rootkitted.
Use rootkit when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Rootkit means (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..
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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.
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