How do you see if there is a Rat in your computer? and i mean "rat" as in a program that takes control of your computer..

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rsmith6559 · Answer

Any decent program of that type would hide or take control of any process list, so trying to find it on a running computer is really difficult.  The easiest way would be to study the boot sequence to see what is being started, and then check a checksum or hash of those binaries against known good binaries.

The amount of effort involved make it simpler to wipe and redo the box.