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Re: Small "package" on console after starting X



On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 05:15:55PM -0400, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
> I have this odd phenomenon, which I suspect indicates some sort of attack.
> 
> After I start X, when I return to a console (with Ctl-Alt-Fx) there's
> what looks like a little package sitting in the bottom, right-hand
> quarter of my screen.  After I Alt-7 back to X, and then Ctl-Alt-Fx
> back to a console, it's gone.  Any ideas what it might be, and how to
> rid myself of it?  I've used rkhunter and chkrootkit, neither of which
> reports anything amiss, but that may be meaningless.

What does this package look like?  Is it a single non-alphanumeric char?

Doug.



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