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rootkit

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

Similar words

root kit rooter bootkit back door root script kiddie kernel creepware crimeware toolkit

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Word family

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