Re: Viruses and rootkits WAS Re: weird problem with one mail account in Thunderbird....ISP or what ?
On Thursday 28 May 2015 11:34:44 Frank wrote:
> 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
Download and install ALL of the clamav, then let clamscan spend half a
day scanning the whole machine. Then take any positive results to the
clamav list.
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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