Re: [Clamav-users] Does clamav protect against rootkits?

From: Aniruddha <mailing_list(at)orange.nl>
Date: Sun Oct 14 2007 - 08:50:53 EDT

On Thu, 2007-10-11 at 08:14 +0800, Banyan He wrote:
> I don't think it can be used for protecting rootkit. You can try to see
> the messages log to see when the OS load the daemon and what about the
> running level.
>
> Aniruddha wrote:
> > While viruses are hardly a problem in Linux rootkits are. Can clamav
> > detect rootkits? And if so how sophisticated is it's protection? Thanks
> > in advance!
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Aniruddha
> >
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Thanks for the answers, does anyone know this for sure?

Regards,

Aniruddha

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