As if you did not know there was no end to my stupidity, the question sprang forth in my mind:
Is there such thing as a rootkit "checker" for Mac OS X?
I saw this nice application for linux... and yes that's where it came from:
http://www.chkrootkit.org/
Here, I even spared you the key stroke of your own simlie:
I'll be sure to slap myself later for good measure.