Taking stuff out of context is fun!
He said it won't hurt you badly as long as you don't run it as root. From that, I understand that it can't install itself unless it's run as a privileged user.
So what he's saying is that there's no privilege escalation exploit packaged with this rootkit. Gotcha.
Still I wouldn't mention "this package won't hurt you" along with such a tool. Many userland exploits exist.
I said that "it won't hurt you" as a reaction to people saying "I won't even click on that link" in some comments.
Taking stuff out of context is fun!
He said it won't hurt you badly as long as you don't run it as root. From that, I understand that it can't install itself unless it's run as a privileged user.