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Rootkit

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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.
Verb
  1. 1
    To infect (a computer system) with a rootkit. transitive

    "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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From root + kit.

Etymology 2

From root + kit.

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