After running a rkhunter check I'm getting 4 Suspect files (warnings) what should I do?

Checking system commands...

  Performing 'strings' command checks
    Checking 'strings' command                               [ OK ]

  Performing 'shared libraries' checks
    Checking for preloading variables                        [ None found ]
    Checking for preloaded libraries                         [ None found ]
    Checking LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable                        [ Not found ]

  Performing file properties checks
    Checking for prerequisites                               [ Warning ]
    /usr/bin/awk                                             [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/basename                                        [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/bash                                            [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/cat                                             [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/chattr                                          [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/chmod                                           [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/chown                                           [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/chroot                                          [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/cp                                              [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/curl                                            [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/cut                                             [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/date                                            [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/depmod                                          [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/df                                              [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/diff                                            [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/dirname                                         [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/dmesg                                           [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/du                                              [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/echo                                            [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/egrep                                           [ Warning ]
    /usr/bin/env                                             [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/fgrep                                           [ Warning ]
    /usr/bin/file                                            [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/find                                            [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/fsck                                            [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/fuser                                           [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/grep                                            [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/groupadd                                        [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/groupdel                                        [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/groupmod                                        [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/groups                                          [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/grpck                                           [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/head                                            [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/id                                              [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/ifconfig                                        [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/init                                            [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/insmod                                          [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/ip                                              [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/ipcs                                            [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/kill                                            [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/killall                                         [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/last                                            [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/lastlog                                         [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/ldd                                             [ Warning ]
    /usr/bin/less                                            [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/logger                                          [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/login                                           [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/ls                                              [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/lsattr                                          [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/lsmod                                           [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/lsof                                            [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/mail                                            [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/md5sum                                          [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/mktemp                                          [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/modinfo                                         [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/modprobe                                        [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/more                                            [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/mount                                           [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/mv                                              [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/netstat                                         [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/newgrp                                          [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/nologin                                         [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/passwd                                          [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/perl                                            [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/pgrep                                           [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/ping                                            [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/pkill                                           [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/ps                                              [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/pstree                                          [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/pwck                                            [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/pwd                                             [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/readlink                                        [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/rkhunter                                        [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/rmmod                                           [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/route                                           [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/runcon                                          [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/sed                                             [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/sh                                              [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/sha1sum                                         [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/sha224sum                                       [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/sha256sum                                       [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/sha384sum                                       [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/sha512sum                                       [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/size                                            [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/sort                                            [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/ssh                                             [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/sshd                                            [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/stat                                            [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/strings                                         [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/su                                              [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/sudo                                            [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/sulogin                                         [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/sysctl                                          [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/tail                                            [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/telnet                                          [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/test                                            [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/top                                             [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/touch                                           [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/tr                                              [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/uname                                           [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/uniq                                            [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/useradd                                         [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/userdel                                         [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/usermod                                         [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/users                                           [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/vipw                                            [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/vmstat                                          [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/w                                               [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/watch                                           [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/wc                                              [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/wget                                            [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/whatis                                          [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/whereis                                         [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/which                                           [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/who                                             [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/whoami                                          [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/unhide                                          [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/unhide-linux                                    [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/unhide-posix                                    [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/unhide-tcp                                      [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/numfmt                                          [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/gawk                                            [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/kmod                                            [ OK ]
    /usr/bin/vendor_perl/GET                                 [ Warning ]
    /usr/lib/systemd/systemd                                 [ OK ]
    /etc/rkhunter.conf                                       [ OK ]

[Press <ENTER> to continue]


Checking for rootkits...

  Performing check of known rootkit files and directories
    55808 Trojan - Variant A                                 [ Not found ]
    ADM Worm                                                 [ Not found ]
    AjaKit Rootkit                                           [ Not found ]
    Adore Rootkit                                            [ Not found ]
    aPa Kit                                                  [ Not found ]
    Apache Worm                                              [ Not found ]
    Ambient (ark) Rootkit                                    [ Not found ]
    Balaur Rootkit                                           [ Not found ]
    BeastKit Rootkit                                         [ Not found ]
    beX2 Rootkit                                             [ Not found ]
    BOBKit Rootkit                                           [ Not found ]
    cb Rootkit                                               [ Not found ]
    CiNIK Worm (Slapper.B variant)                           [ Not found ]
    Danny-Boy's Abuse Kit                                    [ Not found ]
    Devil RootKit                                            [ Not found ]
    Diamorphine LKM                                          [ Not found ]
    Dica-Kit Rootkit                                         [ Not found ]
    Dreams Rootkit                                           [ Not found ]
    Duarawkz Rootkit                                         [ Not found ]
    Ebury backdoor                                           [ Not found ]
    Enye LKM                                                 [ Not found ]
    Flea Linux Rootkit                                       [ Not found ]
    Fu Rootkit                                               [ Not found ]
    ■■■■`it Rootkit                                          [ Not found ]
    GasKit Rootkit                                           [ Not found ]
    Heroin LKM                                               [ Not found ]
    HjC Kit                                                  [ Not found ]
    ignoKit Rootkit                                          [ Not found ]
    IntoXonia-NG Rootkit                                     [ Not found ]
    Irix Rootkit                                             [ Not found ]
    Jynx Rootkit                                             [ Not found ]
    Jynx2 Rootkit                                            [ Not found ]
    KBeast Rootkit                                           [ Not found ]
    Kitko Rootkit                                            [ Not found ]
    Knark Rootkit                                            [ Not found ]
    ld-linuxv.so Rootkit                                     [ Not found ]
    Li0n Worm                                                [ Not found ]
    Lockit / LJK2 Rootkit                                    [ Not found ]
    Mokes backdoor                                           [ Not found ]
    Mood-NT Rootkit                                          [ Not found ]
    MRK Rootkit                                              [ Not found ]
    Ni0 Rootkit                                              [ Not found ]
    Ohhara Rootkit                                           [ Not found ]
    Optic Kit (Tux) Worm                                     [ Not found ]
    Oz Rootkit                                               [ Not found ]
    Phalanx Rootkit                                          [ Not found ]
    Phalanx2 Rootkit                                         [ Not found ]
    Phalanx2 Rootkit (extended tests)                        [ Not found ]
    Portacelo Rootkit                                        [ Not found ]
    R3dstorm Toolkit                                         [ Not found ]
    RH-Sharpe's Rootkit                                      [ Not found ]
    RSHA's Rootkit                                           [ Not found ]
    Scalper Worm                                             [ Not found ]
    Sebek LKM                                                [ Not found ]
    Shutdown Rootkit                                         [ Not found ]
    SHV4 Rootkit                                             [ Not found ]
    SHV5 Rootkit                                             [ Not found ]
    Sin Rootkit                                              [ Not found ]
    Slapper Worm                                             [ Not found ]
    Sneakin Rootkit                                          [ Not found ]
    'Spanish' Rootkit                                        [ Not found ]
    Suckit Rootkit                                           [ Not found ]
    Superkit Rootkit                                         [ Not found ]
    TBD (Telnet BackDoor)                                    [ Not found ]
    TeLeKiT Rootkit                                          [ Not found ]
    T0rn Rootkit                                             [ Not found ]
    trNkit Rootkit                                           [ Not found ]
    Trojanit Kit                                             [ Not found ]
    Tuxtendo Rootkit                                         [ Not found ]
    URK Rootkit                                              [ Not found ]
    Vampire Rootkit                                          [ Not found ]
    VcKit Rootkit                                            [ Not found ]
    Volc Rootkit                                             [ Not found ]
    Xzibit Rootkit                                           [ Not found ]
    zaRwT.KiT Rootkit                                        [ Not found ]
    ZK Rootkit                                               [ Not found ]

[Press <ENTER> to continue]


  Performing additional rootkit checks
    Suckit Rootkit additional checks                         [ OK ]
    Checking for possible rootkit files and directories      [ None found ]
    Checking for possible rootkit strings                    [ None found ]

  Performing malware checks
    Checking running processes for suspicious files          [ None found ]
    Checking for login backdoors                             [ None found ]
    Checking for sniffer log files                           [ None found ]
    Checking for suspicious directories                      [ None found ]
    Checking for suspicious (large) shared memory segments   [ None found ]
    Checking for Apache backdoor                             [ Not found ]

  Performing Linux specific checks
    Checking loaded kernel modules                           [ OK ]
    Checking kernel module names                             [ OK ]

[Press <ENTER> to continue]


Checking the network...

  Performing checks on the network ports
    Checking for backdoor ports                              [ None found ]

  Performing checks on the network interfaces
    Checking for promiscuous interfaces                      [ None found ]

Checking the local host...

  Performing system boot checks
    Checking for local host name                             [ Found ]
    Checking for system startup files                        [ Found ]
    Checking system startup files for malware                [ None found ]

  Performing group and account checks
    Checking for passwd file                                 [ Found ]
    Checking for root equivalent (UID 0) accounts            [ None found ]
    Checking for passwordless accounts                       [ None found ]
    Checking for passwd file changes                         [ None found ]
    Checking for group file changes                          [ None found ]
    Checking root account shell history files                [ None found ]

  Performing system configuration file checks
    Checking for an SSH configuration file                   [ Found ]
    Checking if SSH root access is allowed                   [ Warning ]
    Checking if SSH protocol v1 is allowed                   [ Warning ]
    Checking for other suspicious configuration settings     [ None found ]
    Checking for a running system logging daemon             [ Found ]
    Checking for a system logging configuration file         [ Found ]

  Performing filesystem checks
    Checking /dev for suspicious file types                  [ None found ]
    Checking for hidden files and directories                [ Warning ]

[Press <ENTER> to continue]



System checks summary
=====================

File properties checks...
    Required commands check failed
    Files checked: 126
    Suspect files: 4

Rootkit checks...
    Rootkits checked : 502
    Possible rootkits: 0

Applications checks...
    All checks skipped

The system checks took: 1 minute and 57 seconds

All results have been written to the log file: /var/log/rkhunter.log

One or more warnings have been found while checking the system.
Please check the log file (/var/log/rkhunter.log)

See the Arch Wiki:

False positives

Out of the box, Rootkit Hunter will throw up some false warnings during the file properties check. This is because, a few of the core utilities have been replaced by scripts. These warnings can be muted through white-listing.

/etc/rkhunter.conf

SCRIPTWHITELIST=/usr/bin/egrep
SCRIPTWHITELIST=/usr/bin/fgrep
SCRIPTWHITELIST=/usr/bin/ldd
SCRIPTWHITELIST=/usr/bin/vendor_perl/GET

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Rkhunter

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