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

[Frank <debianlist@videotron.ca>]

On 28/05/15 03:00 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> 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.


  I have done just That Gene..I'll let it run overnight tonight and
we'll see what happens...if anything...


Frank