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Meaning of rootkit

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

rootkit

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noun

Definitions

  1. 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

Definitions

  1. To infect (a computer system) with a rootkit.