rootkit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A set of software tools used by a third party to gain unauthorized access to a computer system and control the system while concealing itself from the user.

verb

en-us-rootkit.ogg

rootkit rootkits root kit rootkitting rootkitted

From root + kit.

backdoor trojan virus worm

bootkit

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