linux malware

[Michael Havens]

Bummer. I tried to d/l the current virus definitions and it gave me an
error after it had finished. Now when I try to open avast it tells me:

   An error occured in avast! engine: Invalid argument

Any ideas? Should I try anothe program?
:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 9:02 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> so what do you recomend we do? I d/l avast but how should I go about
> checking packet traffic ?
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> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 7:11 PM, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold at obnosis.com>wrote:
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>> Using antivirus software is recommended, however many desktop users will
>> be surprised to learn that they are actually part of a botnet transmitting
>> virus or other information.  A good check would include all packet traffic
>> out from the desktop, and a quick look at "lsof":
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>> http://www.linuxthebest.com/2012/01/04/best-linux-antivirus-softwares-for-linux-users/
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>> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> so should we all be worried about it, Lisa?
>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
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>>> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 6:33 PM, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold at obnosis.com>wrote:
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>>>> Hi Derek,
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Derek Trotter <
>>>> expat.arizonan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 11/15/2012 03:46 PM, Lisa Kachold wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Perhaps we should create a massive [Chinese] spam campaign that
>>>>>> installs a bot-net to infect with http://sourceforge.net/**
>>>>>> projects/statix/ <http://sourceforge.net/projects/statix/> and track
>>>>>> Linux desktops?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I've read of a few examples of malware written for MacOS.  Is there
>>>>> any malware out there that targets linux boxes?   If so, what kind of a
>>>>> threat is it to people who run linux at home?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes,
>>>>
>>>> Malware exists that targets linux indirectly (as in browser and Adobe
>>>> based) and directly.
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>>>> Check out the online registry:  http://www.team-cymru.org/Services/MHR/
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>>>> Detection: http://www.rfxn.com/projects/linux-malware-detect/
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