Re: Small "package" on console after starting X
On 10/8/07, Douglas A. Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca> wrote:
> 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?
No, I don't think so, as it's bigger (maybe 4x) than the other
characters on the console. And it's bright, where everything else,
after I launch X, is dim. Weird, I know. I'll see if I can take a
picture of it.
Patrick
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