bootkit

English

Etymology

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

Noun

bootkit (plural bootkits)

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

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