[clue-tech] Swapped memory with 1GB of RAM?

[Adam bultman]

Angelo Bertolli wrote:

>
>> I'm surprised nobody else mentioned it yet, but there were some 
>> rather high-profile exploits in the early 2.4.2x series that *could* 
>> have allowed someone to compromise your system and installed a 
>> rootkit that is eating up RAM without your knowledge.  You would be 
>> wise to keep that kernel current anyway.
>
>
> But wouldn't that have come up in ps?


Not if the person did it right.

If you have a rootkit installed (especially a rootkit thats based on 
kernel modules) you won't see anything in your standard utilities.  
Hopefully you won't notice anything.