****************************************************************************** You should keep your rkhunter database up-to-date. This can be done automatically by putting this line to /etc/periodic.conf: daily_rkhunter_update_enable="YES" daily_rkhunter_update_flags="--update --nocolors" Also, you can run rkhunter as a part of the daily security check by putting this line to /etc/periodic.conf: daily_rkhunter_check_enable="YES" daily_rkhunter_check_flags="--checkall --nocolors --skip-keypress" ******************************************************************************