Viruses and rootkits WAS Re: weird problem with one mail account in Thunderbird....ISP or what ?

[Frank <debianlist@videotron.ca>]

On 28/05/15 09:21 AM, Frank wrote:
> On 05/28/2015 02:44 AM, Emil Payne wrote:
> > On 05/27/2015 10:16 PM, Charlie wrote:
> > > On Wed, 27 May 2015 21:06:10 -0400 Frank sent:
> > >
> > > > When I went into Thunderbird at mid-day one of my accounts with my
> > > > ISP Videotron.ca registered a logon failure..despite the fact nothing
> > > > had changed.

> > That's odd. I have 6 gmail and 8 yahoo accounts. Yesterday all six gmail
> > accounts wanted the passwords reentered. I have thunderbird set to
> > remember passwords. At first I couldn't even get anything to enter into
> > the password box, although the checkbox and buttons worked fine. I

> > Emil
>
>     The logon failure doesn't bother me as much as what the security
> department  at my ISP is claiming....that my system and that account
> have been compromised. I can't see how...but that's what they claim.

>


   One more thing on this problem:

   Are there in fact any viruses that can infect Linux systems? I know 
about rootkits but I gather they are rare. But the guys at my ISP are
so insistent I am beginning to wonder

Frank