bootkit

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Etymology[edit]

Blend of boot (“startup process”) +‎ rootkit.

Noun[edit]

bootkit (plural bootkits)

  1. (computer security) A rootkit which works by replacing the boot loader and patching the kernel before it is starts executing.

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