[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: chkrootkit: many hidden processes



On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 12:07, Kristian Niemi wrote:
> Ran chkrootkit, and it found several (over 12) hidden processes.
> Checked with chkrproc, and it seems like the following programs create 
> (several) hidden processes:
> 
> Mozilla Thunderbird: 6 hidden processes
> Mozilla Firefox: 4 hidden processes
> Clamav-daemon: 1 hidden process
> Fireflier-server: 2 hidden processes
> Fireflier-client: 3 hidden processes
> 
> (I stopped/started the programs, and noted how many hidden processes 
> went away / came to being.)

They are threads. I read yesterday about this when I was trying to find
some other stuff. Was an interesting read. Apparently you can use 'ps
-ef -T' to see the threads as well. 

Regards,

-- 
Anders Karlsson <anders@trudheim.com>
Trudheim Technology Limited

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: This is a digitally signed message part


Reply to: