Rootkit Hunter announces release 1.3.6

The Rootkit Hunter project team is pleased to announce the release of version 1.3.6 on 2009/11/29.

This release offers more ease of use and improved rootkit and malware checks. The change log lists 29 additions including 9 configuration options and details for 12 rootkits, 29 changes including improvements for 15 rootkit checks and 22 bugfixes. Naming a few:

* New IGNORE_PRELINK_DEP_ERR configuration option in case of persistent prelink dependency errors.
* New USER_FILEPROP_FILES_DIRS configuration option to add files and directories to the file properties check.
* New COPY_LOG_ON_ERROR configuration option to copy the log file if any errors or warnings have occurred.
* New WEBCMD configuration option to specify the command used to download data file updates from the Internet.
* Rkhunter will look for configuration options in the main configuration file, and then in the local configuration file if it exists.
* New SHARED_LIB_WHITELIST configuration option for whitelisting preloaded shared libraries.
* New WARN_ON_OS_CHANGE configuration option. If unset then no warnings will be shown.
* New UPDT_ON_OS_CHANGE configuration option. If set and the O/S has changed then rkhunter will automatically update properties ('rkhunter --propupd').
* Added support for hash functions SHA224, SHA256, SHA384 and SHA512 using CPAN perl modules Digest-SHA-PurePerl or SHA256.
* New UPDATE_LANG configuration option.
* New ALLOWPROMISCIF configuration option.
* New PKGMGR_NO_VRFY configuration option for fine-grained package manager verification process control.
* Rootkit checks added: Adore Rootkit (aka strings.o aka Dextenea) cb, CX, Fu, iLLogiC, ld-linuxv.so.1, 'Spanish', trNkit, Xzibit, ZK.
* Updated rootkit / malware checks: Ambient (ark), beX2, BOBkit, Dica-kit, Dreams, Enye LKM, evil strings test, Fleakit, FreeBSD, Phalanx2, SHV4, Universal (URK).

For more details please see the CHANGELOG at http://rkhunter.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/\*checkout*/rkhunter/rkhunter/files/CHANGELOG.
Rootkit Hunter release 1.3.6 obsoletes all previous releases: please upgrade.

Thanks to John Horne and all contributors who made this release possible by providing code, submitting ideas, bugs, fixes, documentation, helping out on the rkhunter-users mailing list and promoting Rootkit Hunter. For more details please see the ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.