Checking for Virus and Rootkits in Linux Environment
Hello everyone. Hope you all are doing well :) today we are going to talk about on how to check for virus and rootkits installed on your linux system. Hope you will enjoy this article. Without wasting any time let’s get started.
I use following tools to scan for virus and rootkits. If you know better tools then do share them in comments section.
- ClamAV: https://www.clamav.net/downloads
- Sophos: https://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-antivirus-for-linux.aspx
- Chkrootkit: http://www.chkrootkit.org/download/
- Lynis: https://cisofy.com/lynis/
- rkhunter: https://github.com/installation/rkhunter
The best thing about these tools is that they are free and you don’t need to pay in order to use them. Chkrootkit is like a nail hit on the head. Below i am sharing few other links to go through that can help you in system scanning.
Advice: Use a security auditing distribution as an everyday use/personal OS. It is a good practice to set up your pen-testing virtual machine exactly the way you want.
That’s all for today. See you guys in next article till that be happy and stay healthy :)
