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i am prsently using 11.0 with kde and xfce environments.a couple of days
ago i saw 2 files list-c,list-l in the / directory.i deleted them and
after a restart they are back.why is it so??

also what sould i do to enable auto refresh in thunar folder browser??

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> i am prsently using 11.0 with kde and xfce environments.a couple of days
> ago i saw 2 files list-c,list-l in the / directory.i deleted them and
> after a restart they are back.why is it so??

Unless you enjoy breaking your system it is generally not a good idea
to delete files outside of your home directory unless you completely
understand the consequences…

on the other hand, i’ve never seen files in the root directory and
would freakout if i did…

have you installed and run chkrootkit?

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no i have not used chkrootkit before.can you explain about in a little
detail or point me where i can find about it.

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gsk_308;1934460 Wrote:
> no i have not used chkrootkit before.can you explain about in a little
> detail or point me where i can find about it.

chkrootkit is a rootkit hunter which scans your system for malicious
rootkits/files. It’s basically a shell script and is available for the
Packman repo. I would recommend getting rkhunter instead as it does a
more thorough job than chkrootkit ‘Rootkit Hunter’
(http://www.rootkit.nl/projects/rootkit_hunter.html)

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thanks a lot.i will look into it and reply back

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> point me where i can find about it.

http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=chkrootkit

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> (http://www.rootkit.nl/projects/rootkit_hunter.html)

kewl, thanks for that tip!!

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Hi
The other one is nessus, the 10 and 10.3 rpms work fine.

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