rkhunter

Searches for rootkits and malware. More information: <https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Rkhunter>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/rkhunter.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install rkhunter
Ubuntu
apt-get install rkhunter
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S rkhunter
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install rkhunter
Fedora
dnf install rkhunter
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install rkhunter
OS X
brew install rkhunter
Raspbian
apt-get install rkhunter
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/rkhunter

Searches for rootkits and malware. More information: <https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Rkhunter>.

  • Check a system for rootkits and malware:
    sudo rkhunter --check
  • Update rkhunter:
    sudo rkhunter --update
  • Print all available tests:
    sudo rkhunter --list
  • Display version:
    sudo rkhunter --versioncheck
  • Display help:
    sudo rkhunter --help

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