[Sussex] Possible root kit

[David Chapman]

My DVD tray keeps opening unexpectedly so I ran chkrootkit.
The result does not look good.
Besides the reinstalling what is the next course of action.

This is a SUSE 9.0 system


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hydrogen:/home/dave/chkrootkit-0.42b # ./chkrootkit  lkm
ROOTDIR is `/'
Checking `lkm'... You have     8 process hidden for ps command
Warning: Possible LKM Trojan installed
hydrogen:/home/dave/chkrootkit-0.42b #
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hydrogen:/home/dave/chkrootkit-0.42b # ./chkrootkit -x lkm
ROOTDIR is `/'
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### Output of: ./chkproc -v -v
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PID     2: not in ps output
CWD     2: /
EXE     2: /
PID     3: not in ps output
CWD     3: /
EXE     3: /
PID     5: not in ps output
CWD     5: /
EXE     5: /
PID     6: not in ps output
CWD     6: /
EXE     6: /
PID     7: not in ps output
CWD     7: /
EXE     7: /
PID     8: not in ps output
CWD     8: /
EXE     8: /
PID     9: not in ps output
CWD     9: /
EXE     9: /
PID    10: not in ps output
CWD    10: /
EXE    10: /
You have     8 process hidden for ps command
hydrogen:/home/dave/.opera/download/chkrootkit-0.42b #
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