Based on our record, Lynis seems to be a lot more popular than Chkrootkit. While we know about 26 links to Lynis, we've tracked only 1 mention of Chkrootkit. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
Linux has (free) tools to improve security and detect/remove malware: Lynis,Chkrootkit,Rkhunter,ClamAV,Vuls,LMD,radare2,Yara,ntopng,maltrail,Snort,Suricata... Source: 5 months ago
(My General Traffic System) Chkconfig: [Version 11.4] Gives a view of programs and the ability to start, stop, pause them. Through the terminal. (Same as systemctl, But to me friendlier interface) Dpkg-repack: Allows for repacking your favorite programs into a deb file. Lynis- System malware checker, More of a system checker for misconfigurations and security holes based on CISOfy -... Source: over 1 year ago
Lynis is a good tool that will help you harden your system. I believe in redhat it is already in the EPEL repo so you should be able to sudo dnf install lynis and run it. Source: over 1 year ago
While I think it's fair to recognize the amount of work to patch Windows for security and compatibility, I also think it's unfair for you to regard SteamOS as a "hobbyist" OS that has poor security. SteamOS is based on Arch Linux. From Linux, to Arch distro, to SteamOS, this open source development loop cannot be compared with what you call a "phase" Windows has gone through. The only "phase" I saw since Windows... Source: over 1 year ago
Lynis is one such tool. The more tools you use, the more coverage you'll get. Source: over 1 year ago
If you are extremely worried about root kits you would need to start with a clean system and then whitelist any "positives". If your concerned you would have to use the tedious method of using dpkg to determine what package a file belongs to, one at a time, and then compare it's checksum to the back installed... I would also recommend using only the latest version from the website directly http://chkrootkit.org/... Source: almost 3 years ago
Ossec - OSSEC is an Open Source Host-based Intrusion Detection System.
GMER - GMER is an application that detects and removes rootkits .
Tiger - The TIGER security tool Homepage
TDSSKiller - Kaspersky Lab has developed the TDSSKiller utility that allows removing rootkits.
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Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit - Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit is a rootkit removal program by the Malwarebytes best known for providing the antimalware program.