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Possible LKM Trojan installed



Today's run of chkrootkit produced the following ominous message:
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/etc/cron.daily/chkrootkit:

Signal 11 (SEGV) caught by ps (procps version 3.2.7).
Please send bug reports to <feedback@lists.sf.net> or <albert@users.sf.net>

Signal 11 (SEGV) caught by ps (procps version 3.2.7).
Please send bug reports to <feedback@lists.sf.net> or <albert@users.sf.net>

Signal 11 (SEGV) caught by ps (procps version 3.2.7).
Please send bug reports to <feedback@lists.sf.net> or <albert@users.sf.net>
The following suspicious files and directories were found:
/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.02/.systemPrefs
/usr/lib/jvm/.java-6-sun.jinfo
/usr/lib/xulrunner/.autoreg
/usr/lib/iceweasel/.autoreg
/lib/init/rw/.ramfs

Signal 11 (SEGV) caught by ps (procps version 3.2.7).
Please send bug reports to <feedback@lists.sf.net> or <albert@users.sf.net>
You have    10 process hidden for readdir command
You have   121 process hidden for ps command
chkproc: Warning: Possible LKM Trojan installed
eth0: PACKET SNIFFER(/sbin/dhclient3[5654])
<snip>
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Am I right in thinking the only thing to do is wipe the machine down
to bare metal and reinstall?  I'm not sufficiently knowledgeable to do
much forensic checking.

Thanks for any pointers.

-- 
JohnRChamplin@columbus.rr.com
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