Searching For Linux Rootkits with Rkhunter

RKHunter aka RootKitHunter

• RKhunter Howto On Ubuntu Documentaion
• How to scan Linux for Rootkits with Rkhunter

First Install:

 $ sudo apt-get install rkhunter 

Update the file properties database, will need to run this everytime you install new software or do updates:

$ sudo rkhunter --propupd

See the rkhunter version and check for new version:

$ sudo rkhunter --versioncheck

Run checkall:

$ sudo rkhunter --checkall