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Hi recently I discovered that rootkits are a thing in Ubuntu too, and that their detection is hard. I has been pretty paranoid about getting one since I read about them.

I have my firewall enabled, I only connect to Internet in my home, I mainly download everything from Ubuntu software center and trusted repos/PPAs (libreoffice/noobslab themes) and download some deb packages from trusted sources (Brackets in example) I'm also using an AMP stack for educational propose and everytime I connect to the Internet I stop their services and I have all connections to the Apache denied and only my local ip added.

Is there any risk about the rootkits if I'm a normal user?

How someone can get infected by them if you need to give you conceal to install something?

edwinksl
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IutbaZion
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If you are a normal user no.

Now what do I consider a normal user ?

  1. You only install software from official repositories. When ever you download software from other sources (that includes launchpad) you check if the maintainer is of a good reputation.
  2. You keep your system up to date and stick to a lts or you keep upgrading on normal version.
  3. You do not run a server on your system. Servers do require a monitoring system.
  4. You keep your passwords safe and use good passwords.
  5. Do not let your system unattended or be used by anyone else without you present.
  6. Make your router your 1st defence.
  7. Do not run random terminal commands. Take extra care with wget and FTP commands (and similar commands that download files)

There are probably some more things to consider but this will keep you from harm.

Rinzwind
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