Recently I had a Java exploit on Windows. Luckily Microsoft Security Essentials identified and removed it. Such things can happen on Linux as well, from what I've heard. Why does Linux offer no such detection?
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software to use against Intrusion and such. The thing is that I don't want to have several anti virus programs running at the same time due to collision.
View 9 Replies View RelatedMy desktop (the system AIDE runs on) is reguarly updated, and the file output can become enormous, making it hard, if not impossible, to track down out of place files. I have recently thought of uninstalling it since I can't tell what is out of place and what isn't, but before I do that I wanted to ask everyones opinion regarding what would be the best way to handle such a program on a desktop that has some core files changed reguarly. This sytem is running Gentoo, so updates affect a number of directories.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI would like to use my Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic system to scan and clean viruses from Windows based HDD. I have KlamAV, AVG, and AVAST. I couldn't get F-prot to work. I don't find a debian package of it and don't know how to install tar.gz and the tutorials don't help a lot. Are there other antivirus solutions which are good for cleaning Windows OS but work on Linux/WINE? I wonder if I can install antivirus software in WINE and scan with no problem the hard disks.
View 5 Replies View RelatedIs Linux vulnerable to Java drive-by exploits? Another computer I run on windows 7 just notified me that it was infected through Java, and I'm wondering if my Linux box (ubuntu 10) with Java installed is vulnerable.
View 1 Replies View RelatedA few days ago I installed F12 and it was working fine very well up until today when I booted my computer from a perfect working order state yesterday to this. Well my wireless was still being sniffed and slowed down to dial up speed but what's new thats been consistant for at least 3 months I can't really do much about it since my brother doesn't like changing the password.
I recently logged onto my new fedora 12, 64-bit, system encrypted (all partitions effected by install), selinux enforced install to find myself in tty4 and some "other" users logged on to the other terminals. My folders would have lock icons on them after opening, my notication menu/toolbar crashed and hasn't returned on system reboot, some data transfers between removable storage returned input output errors while others worked fine(?). I also recieved this kernel bug output from the bug reporting tool but I have no idea what it means.
Also I was not loose with the security either I had removed unconfined login types (After setting up the system as I needed) meaning I couldn't even run root or sudo and neither could anyone else (asfar as I was aware). I pretty much increased selinux to its maximum boolean strictness and limited the _default_(Me included) account to a user from a _default_ unconfined (to actually be able to log in with the selinux boolean in place). Meaning they "the exploiters" were able to bypass selinux as a user account? How is that possible and even if you do root logon is disabled by selinux too?
At the moment I'm on a live cd trying to look for a way to custimise them as it seems it may be my only option.
Just a side note you can't just log in to tty4 by default without actively taking up spaces either by other users or your own use. Meaning since the tty login is automated 3 terminals were in use tty1, tty2 and tty3.
Which commands should I run to find out what is being done?
Edit: Just had my F12 x64 live cd taken down twice and had to hard reset as the toolbar disappeared. Took a photo of the last error message. I was just reading a pdf and using firefox at the time.
Is fedora usually this easy to hack?
Does anyone know any common apache 2.2 exploits and how to stop them? I am setting up a web server and want it to be secure as possible. I currently have a basic lamp server on a ubuntu server.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have set logwatch to report daily the logs, somehow since last week i get below message. A total of 1 possible successful probes were detected (the following URLs contain strings that match one or more of a listing of strings that indicate a possible exploit):
/cgi-bin/blocked.cgi?clientaddr=192.168.1.108&clientname=&clientident=&clientgroup=limitedaccess&targetclass= untrusted&url=http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/fm/9608-84171-8772-2?
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I refrained from posting this in the Kernel Vulns thread earlier, due to its zero-day status. But now that the issue has been Slashdotted, there's no use in keeping us from publicly discussing this vulnerability. The link to the article (from which I quote below) is here. Brad Spengler's original announcement on the Dailydave mailing list is here.Quote:A researcher has published exploit code for a new vulnerability he discovered in the Linux kernel. The vulnerability is an especially interesting one in that the researcher who discovered it, Brad Spengler, has demonstrated that he can use the weakness to defeat many of the add-on security protections offered by SELinux and AppArmor.
View 9 Replies View RelatedWhen there is an exploit in the kernal, can the iptables firewall get bypass? If yes,how do you know? Otherwise how can you find out.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI have some questions about security
1> are the flash exploits are of any use to a Linux operating system like Ubuntu etc. ?
2>are the Microsoft office exploits any risk to libreoffice or open-office software suites?
3>are there exploits for Linux , open-office and libreoffice ?
I am new to ubuntu natty narhwal 11.04 i want to ask as i have used only windows OSs where one must have to run anti virus for smooth computing. I am shifted to ubuntu now please tell me is there any need to use anti virus in ubuntu or not if yes then please guide me which anti virus and how should i install it on my ubuntu.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI read some articles about viruses in Linux and about some antiviruses which work in Linux and delete Windows viruses but I still don't understand: is there any antivirus which specializes in Linux viruses? Even though there are very little of Linux viruses, I know.
View 11 Replies View RelatedI've recently installed Ubuntu 10 on my laptop and I'm not sure whether it's safe or not. My question is do I need any antyvirus or firewall to protect my pc against virus, spyware etc.?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI'm dual booting with windows 7 and Ubuntu and i was wondering where i should download AVG (i have a paid version) and what other security precautions should I take between both operation systems?
i have:
1 windows partition (~23gbs)
1 Ubuntu partition (~23gbs)
1 linux swap partiton (~10 gbs)
1 NTSF partition for storage (~170gbs)
I am going to wipe off Windows from my laptop & install only Ubuntu 11.04. Do I need to install a antivirus system, I know about the firewall form ubuntu software centre i.e. firewall confiiguration.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI'm trying to setup motion detection software with a view to getting pictures emailed to me.
I've had a look at a package called motion, which seems great, except it takes tens of pictures every second during motion.
I know that this is a linux forum, but I need to tap the brains of folks that have experience in this filed. My wife is the assistent IT director of a large community college in Pittsburgh, PA. They are running 4000-5000 client PC's. between the labs a nd faculty, across multiple campuses. They are rolling out Win 7 64 bit across all machines. They have 1/2 the PC's on Forefront and 1/2 on TrendMicro. They want to re-evaluate the AV solution, and are unable to find any decent review or tests for Enterprise level AV/spyware/malware solutions.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI would like to install Linux based AntiVirus Server with Windows Clients. As per the existing setup, all Windows machines are using "demo" or "evaluation" copy of antivirus & all antivirus softwares are not same on all windows computers.
Someone is using Trend-Micro ,other is using Avast. Due to above listed problem,i want to implement Linux Based Free AntiVirus Server,which will be connected directly on the internet. The Linux AntiVirus server will updated it's database from Internet automatically.
Inside the Linux Server,all Windows PC's are connected in a same Local Area Connection. All windows XP computers will fetch the updated data from the Anti Virus Server. Also,i am searching MAIL RESPONDER OR POP UP Windows,when any virus found on any client machine. My company needs Cost Effective solution & Linux is the best solution for this.
From where can i get savfl(symantec antivirus for Linux)
i followed some places but i failed finding the setup link
Does it need an Antivirus?
If so,where may I Find any?
does it effective using ClamAV as Privoxy antivirus? I have actually configure it but it does not seem to come into any effect.Why?I test it with Eicar(test virus) online and it does not even prompt there is a problem unless i have scanned.Beside that,i have installed ClamAV daemon along with it. [URL]
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Issue :How come the Clam Antivirus does not prompt there is a virus when i opened the file or problem link?Does it work difference as Window OS antivirus which prompt when there is a virus detected?
Which antivirus software on Linux is most popular?
View 4 Replies View RelatedTrying to figure out which Intrusion Detection System would be best for me. I've got a CentOs 5 / Linux / Apache system. If you've got experience with either (or both ) , please let me know your thoughts. I'm looking for the one thats not as technical, And a bit more user friendly I guess.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI recently upgrade my system from Jessie to Stretch, with no problem. A little later I upgrades Enlightenment from e17 to e20, and at some point shortly after that the second screen stopped working.
The nvidia X Server Settings correctly identifies both screens. But Enlightenment and xrandr does not see the second one at all. The second screen are on and the pointer moves correctly onto it, but no activity with left or right click. I have tried with the original xorg.conf, and generated a new one with nvidia-xconfig, but no difference. No obvious errors in any log-files either.
lisa@kitten:~$ sudo uname -a
Linux kitten 4.3.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.3.3-2 (2015-12-17) x86_64 GNU/Linux
is there a way to run flash and java securely? stupid question i guess. i'd like to use a couple of sites that require them but don't want to open my box up to the bad things that can happen with these. videos, pandora etc. i don't know linux security well and just wonder what the ramifications of this will be?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI used Avast webfilter (proxied webtraffic through Avast) when running Windows. Sometimes Avast would alert and "protect" me from being infected by a compromised website. NOTE: Avast would alert even absent clicking any links. Just viewing the page could result in infection. Should I be running some kind of proxy webfilter for protection? My understanding is that Firefox can be compromised and this can in turn compromise Ubuntu.Are these kinds of threats specific to Windows running Firefox, or Firefox per se. If Firefox per se it seems like I need some sort of Proxy webfiltering like Avast provides.
View 9 Replies View RelatedWonder what and where should I get an Antivirus/spywar program for fedora 11?
View 14 Replies View Relatedi have installed Fedora 15. This is my first time to use Linux. I have read and heard that Linux is secure. However, i also read that there are viruses which can affect Linux. So i downloaded AVG for Fedora (.rpm package) and installed it. Unlike Windows, i do not see the AVG antivirus shortcut on desktop. How do i access the graphical interface to configure AVG.
View 14 Replies View RelatedI've just installed the new Fedora 11 (just released) through a Live CD having 3 partitions created:
"/boot" - ext3,
"/" - lvm (part 1)
swap - lvm (part 2)
now, I want to add my new Fedora system entry to my "central" lilo.conf, resident on another linux distribution. So, i've done
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my lilo fedora entry boots fine but... at the middle of "after boot" loading the system hangs and stops the usual driver detection, etc (normally, it hangs on the CDROM detection or USB 2.0 camera detection).
