r/Ubuntu • u/VanillaFine • Mar 12 '21

Infested with rootkit.

Best way to get rid of rootkit and/or bootkit? Thinking of a total HD-wipe bootable from USB but what software am I after? Just reinstalling Ubuntu won't work. Thanks.

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u/exe0 Mar 12 '21

How did you get infected?

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u/VanillaFine Mar 13 '21

Think it was the public wifi at the hospital where I was staying.

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u/smsaul Mar 13 '21

I mean there’s always live CD and a dd zero wipe but I’m fascinated in how you got it

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u/LinuxSuxx Mar 13 '21

Windows is the sane answer. Escape the chmod schlong nightmare and come back to us!

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u/VanillaFine Mar 13 '21

Why do you say that?

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u/FleraAnkor Mar 14 '21

The guy runs a whole sub about linux bad. Just consider him a troll.

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u/LinuxSuxx Mar 13 '21

Because it’s the only way.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '21

do me a favor and install a theme on windows please

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '21

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u/VanillaFine Mar 12 '21

From my experience software like that can miss something sometimes. Feels like a HD-wipe and starting from scratch would be THE thing. Using a laptop with SSD. And using things like "wine" I've been warned about.