On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 06:45:18AM -0500, Allen wrote: > After all the help I've received on here I finally get to give some heh: > > On Tuesday 01 December 2009 02:54:47 am Juha Tuuna wrote: > > abdelkader belahcene wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I am asking if there is a virus on my machine how to detect it. > > > > Try scanning with Clamav [snip] > > Linux and BSD viruses are so rare that the AV software for Linux and BSD, > generally look for Windows viruses so you don't accidentally infect a friend > running Windows, or, they can be used on a mail server to prevent the same > thing. So if you scanned and found a Windows Virus, it's not that you're > infected, think of it like a "carrier" lol. And obviously, take the > appropriate precautions. Interestingly no one has mentioned selinux (or the suse equiv). Personally I don't like selinux - real pain to configure properly. But I was thinking of looking at it again especially after this slashdot http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/12/01/0025213/Ethics-of-Releasing-Non-Malicious-Linux-Malware somebody has done a proof of concept worm for linux. but I wonder > > Anyway, did something happen that worried you? Or are you more or less just > curious as to how it works? > > > Usually yes but some interpreters (like php and perl) run scripts without > > the execute bit set. > > > > -- > > Juha Tuuna > > > -- "It's one thing about insurance, that's a Washington term." - George W. Bush
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