Security :: Pruned TFH-based Posts From Malware Scanner Thread?
Dec 12, 2010
Originally Posted by smokerSuch things can happen on linux. But try googling for actual occurrences.Greetings SmokerWith no prejudice sir: I've got a personal list of at least 75 such occurrences, just this year alone in Linux-OS's... If the Blacks wants to mess-up your OS, they do it as easy as microstuf could nuke any target Windows-98 OS today... Linux is web-page secure, only... You may think Linux is impervious to hack-attack, but it's definitely Not!.. It's just that you haven't been extremely noisy on the internet about how humanity should change its bad-attitudes towards Life and Love, before it's too late... In and from your "safe little box" you are 99.99% safe from the Blacks, IF your are silent and compliant to "North American peasant control policy".. but start doing a little "Al Gore and Greenpeace style bitching noise", and very quickly you'll discover just how unprotected your Linux powered PC really is... Ask Greenpeace and Al Gore about the max-attacks to their computer systems... I had to reinstall the OS about a hundred times this year.. Seems the big money world didn't like that I published, that "to save humanity from its impending early extinction, Money needs be extincted and replaced with something conducive to life and living and love".. They Freaked!, and slammed my PC's repeatedly, hard... Sure, Linux is reasonably secure, but it ain't perfect.
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Mar 24, 2010
I realize that FF 3.6 was referred to near the end of this thread? Most Ubuntu based distros (Mint, Gosalia, Ubuntu, Xubuntu) are shipped with FF 3.5.8, are there any reported problems with this version of FF? Mint does offer Opera, I really don't care about installing Wine to gain access to IE6, you open the browser, there are two critical updates that shows, but on three occasions, I left the desktop for an hour, and the two updates still never applied. I have installed Clam AV, is there a malware scanner for Mint, too? I do want to be secure, but don't wish to run two AV's, have four separate malware scanners, and scan every piece of everything the way you must do in Windows. With Windows, you spend more time scanning than browsing. I don't want to have to do this with Mint, too.
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May 21, 2010
So I downloaded a movie from megaupload and a pop up came up with [URL]....that bounced me to[URL]..but that webpage did not display. Normally, on Windows, I would have an anti-virus that would likely give me some sense of good or bad websites. On Ubuntu, I am not quite sure. Do I need a malware scanner for the firefox browser? I have the standard package from the 10.04 distro with the latest updates...
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Mar 18, 2010
Alright running a ubuntu based webserver. The app will be accepting user uploaded files from my client's clients. My client will then need to download an access the files. I'm looking for a solution to scan for windows malware at the time of upload so I never expose her machine directly to her client's uploads.
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Nov 16, 2010
For some reason I cannot view my own postings to the thread I started here: [url]
I can only view the reply to it by jbuckley2004.
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Feb 28, 2010
Can a virus survive a reformat, running bootrec /fixmbr (both from the install CD), and then installing Ubuntu? Reformat meaning from the windows disk recovery console, using the format command for all partitions. Likewise, would a virus be capable of surviving just the first two steps alone without installing Ubuntu, just re-installing windows?
If one were to have an MBR virus on Windows or Linux, how abouts would you find or remove it without doing an entire disk wipe? And before someone goes "Linux is immune" take into consideration vulnerabilities on the user end.
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May 20, 2010
I was on funnyjunk.com yesterday, looking at funny pictures. I clicked the next button, and a page popped up displaying that the website had malware hosted by hit.d1.net, however when I had Windows XP the MacAffee Siteadvisor Displayed that there was no malware. Is this Real or Fake? Just wondering if it is one of those fake spyware alerts, like from windows.
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Jan 2, 2010
A forum that I visit with Firefox has a message that says the following: Quote: I've detected a bestlifeusa.ru script that tries to run of this server, I've reported this, but I'm pretty sure most of you get this one too, I was just protected so I'm fine - you may not be so lucky, so I'm asking you guys to get your system checked immediately.
If you use firefox - install the No Script extention after you have cleaned your system for all worms, viruses and spyware. And make sure that the bestlifeusa.ru script can't execute on your system from this site. If you don't have any "anti script" "no script" "script stopping" system installed with your browser, you will likely not notice this script, I suspect it's a spy-script that spies on you - and you most certainly have it! I think the measures recommended might be Windows oriented.
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Mar 22, 2010
is it possible for malware to survive a full reformat (ie... dd /dev/zero,urandom,zero?I'm for some reason worried that my android based phone, PS3, XBox 360, Routers, and/or TV can somehow be infected with malware as they were hooked up to my network..Is this possible? And does Factory Resetting or Hard Resetting clear all data on the device and reset it entirely? If so, how does that work? Is there a specific storage chip on the device that cannot be written to and only read for when a hard reset is requested?
I'm aware that this sounds outlandish but I've got a severe paranoia for some reason and would like peer advice on how to resolve this and get some peace of mind.
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Sep 8, 2010
today is my second week using ubuntu , my question is how can i insert malware block list on ubuntu? as my regular win user i always put the list in dirrectory x: winblows system32 drivers etc hosts[URL]
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Aug 5, 2011
In Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, I have downloaded and installed texlive (2011). They have issued the following warnings:
1. "To the best of our knowledge, the core TEX programs themselves are (and always have been) extremely robust. However, the contributed programs in TEX Live may not reach the same level, despite everyone�s best efforts. As always, you should be careful when running programs on untrusted input; for maximum safety, use a new subdirectory."
What does this exactly mean? The installed program has already created own directories and subdirectories (e.g. /usr/local/texlive/2011/bin/i386-linux). Am I supposed to create a new subdirectory in home to write files and run latex program? Exactly how do I know that the downloaded and installed program is not malicious?
2. "Finally, TEX (and its companion programs) are able to write files when processing documents, a feature that can also be abused in a wide variety of ways. Again, processing unknown documents in a new subdirectory is the safest bet."
what is implied by "a feature that can also be abused in a wide variety of ways".
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Feb 25, 2010
I have been using the new ocr app 'cuneiform' that has appeared in the Lucid repo.It is command line and works very well.However, the rest of the household would like to use it and desire a gui front-end.Mepis has this and it is called YAGF. Works well.We are told to install only from trusted sources.how can I check the integrity of this .deb and freedom from malware before installing it?
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Apr 4, 2011
I browse with Firefox and I had been running a pretty vanilla install of Ubuntu 10.4 (with a few things like tomcat and mysql) I supposed the repos kept everything (like java) up to date.
Some time ago I replaced OpenJDK with SunJDK.
java -version is "1.6.0_24"
which java is /usr/bin/java
Yesterday, for the first time, I downloaded and ran an Avast! scan. It complains of "Malware-gen" in several class files in what I think is the java cache. Does anyone know how this could be?
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Jul 23, 2009
I was thinking of physically removing the hard drive and use the computer only with a liveCD for security. But is disabling the hard drive in the cmos just as secure, or does software exist that can still access the hard drive?
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Apr 26, 2010
second time clamav detects the malware on laptop underubuntu:winnow.compromised.ts.jsexploit.5.UNOFFICIALwinnow.spam.ts.domains.158.UNOFFICIALgspace.js: winnow.malware.cm.miscspam.387929.UNOFFICIALwhat does this mean, is it serious and what is the origin of this infection?
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Aug 25, 2010
Malware Potentially Implicated in 2008 Fatal Plane Crash in SpainQuote:Investigators looking into the crash of Spanair Flight 5022 at Madrid International Airport on August 20, 2008, killing 154, found that the airline's central computer system used to monitor technical problems in its fleet was infected with malware, according to this news report. The central computer system should have warned the airline that Flight 5022, an MD-82 aircraft, was having repeat mechanical problems.[URL]
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Oct 28, 2010
I have a multi-function printer/scanner that plugs straight into the LAN via RJ45. Printing works fine, but I'm not sure how to proceed to set up the scanner. Just to be clear, I am not asking about connecting a usb scanner then sharing it over a LAN, that's different. This scanner plugs straight into the LAN.
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Jul 11, 2010
I just received a Canon Pixma MX320 as a gift.
I am currently running the Ubuntu 10.04 OS
I was able to get the printer up and running by downloading the printer driver for debian linux (3.1) from the Canon site without any problems.
Unfortunately I am not having the same luck with the scanner.
I tried downloading ScanGear MP for Linux (deb) (1.3) from the same Canon site but have not yet been able to get the XSane Image Scanner to recognize this scanner driver for my Canon.
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Jan 13, 2010
using ubuntu and the corporate edition of open dns? >Im curious to find out how the anti malware filtering works in open dns works.
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Oct 30, 2010
1. May new vulnerabilities in Adobe flash became a thread for linux users? [URL]
2. By the way I would like to know if computer with linux can became a member or botnet somehow?
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Dec 25, 2010
I am going to use "pthread_setaffinity_np" to bind a thread to a specific core. My application has two threads. I have used mutex to assign a specific id to each thread and then bind that thread to a core different from another core. but it seems that the os assigns both thread to one core.What should I do to bind each thread to a specific core?
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Feb 6, 2010
We are trying to define an appliance based on Suse for an application server and Web server Apache, so we would like to know configuration best practices for network and security, is there any paper/doc about best practices?
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Mar 30, 2011
I have been told that some virus scanners for linux (including but not limited to AVG, Antivira, clamAV, others) are available to ubuntu. My question is which of these still CURRENTLY support detection of WINDOWS viruses in addition to linux viruses. I would like to boot the Ubuntu live jump drive I have to scan windows machines and at least detect viruses, dont really need to repair. who knows which virus scanners compatible with ubuntu that will detect windows viruses as well
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Jan 19, 2010
I'm looking for a virus scanner to scan some removable media (USB drives, mp3 players, etc). Since there's so many choices to choose from, can anyone recommend any?
I've heard a lot of people recommending clam av, but everything I've read suggests that clam av is better used for scanning e-mail servers and not home desktop application...
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Aug 15, 2010
I was able to get my Epson Stylus NX510 printer up and running (after much issue), but I can't get the scanner working. I'm on a laptop, and the printer/scanner is wifi enabled and broadcasts with its own IP address. I can print with no problem, but xsane and simple scan don't recognize the scanner. I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx.
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May 16, 2011
I posted a topic in another section and tried to reply. The message pane opens and the cursor is there, but when I start typing the cursor stays put and nothing shows up.What to do? I am doing this reply from Windows right now.
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Dec 14, 2010
How to get this scanner to work with Ubuntu 10.10
It's connected and printer is working through the scanner.But i can't get the system to recognise the scanner.
I'm all new to Ubuntu, and i thought it was easy and terminal is a totally new thing to me.
Is there a workaround to get this scanner to work through graphical interface install, or is terminal wisdom needed...
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Mar 17, 2010
After downloading and installing iscan and run it i see this message:
Could not send command to scanner. Check scanner's status.
After command sane-find-scanner:
And this message is result of scanimage command:
No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different, check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages).
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Sep 23, 2010
Recently got a Canon Canoscan 8800F after looking it up on the SANE site and said it was completely supported for Linux.
I have downloaded the pixma drivers and have compiled the command line program, but it can't find the scanner.
lsusb returns a Canon scanner Bus 001 Device 005: ID 04a9:1901 Canon, Inc.
and sane-find-scanner returns:found USB scanner (vendor=0x04a9 [Canon], product=0x1901 [CanoScan]) at libusb:001:005
but scanimage -L (under my user login or sudo) returns only the webcam. No other scanner found.
My system is running Linux Mint 7, ia64 kernel 2.6.28-11-generic
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Jul 20, 2009
I'm migrating my file server from Fedora 9 to Fedora 11 (clean install), and I'm having a horrendous time trying to get key based SSH logins working. I've set it up before, and I can't figure out why it won't work now. I copied my public key into ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2 and set the folder permissions for 700 and the file permissions for 600. Then I restarted sshd. Now unless I remember wrong I thought that's all you have to do. It didn't work. So I rebooted just for good measure. Still didn't work. So I made sure that my client was still sane. I can log into my OpenBSD machine just fine. I compared the sshd_config from OpenBSD to the Fedora one, and the options seem pretty close.
At that point I had nothing to lose and just started messing with the Fedora sshd_config. I also noticed in the config that the commented AuthorizedKeys file had dropped the 2 off the end, so I tried changing that as well. Still nothing. Password based logins work, but I really don't want to go that route. Now I can only think of two possibilities. One, some sshd_config setting is wrong and I don't know what it is. Two, there's some package that's required for key based logins that I accidentally unchecked during the install process. That's about all I can come up with. Here's my sshd_config, I tried to just set everything back to default.
Code:
#Port 22
#AddressFamily any
#ListenAddress 0.0.0.0
#ListenAddress ::
# Disable legacy (protocol version 1) support in the server for new
# installations. In future the default will change to require explicit
# activation of protocol 1
Protocol 2 .....
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