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>>jerhei+(OP)
An excellent point that applies to almost any system:

The inconvenient and somehow embarrassing truth for us – the malware experts – is that there does not exist any reliable method to determine if a given system is not compromised.

>>hackus+NI1
Total bull. Take the filesystem offline and run Tripwire over it (assuming you did this after a fresh install).

We solved this problem in the 90s. Try to keep up.

sigh

>>_sbrk+7Y1
That doesn't help you if the code running outside your filesystem is compromised.

For example, a backdoor implanted in the disk firmware would be virtually undetectable for the vast majority of users.