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:<div><br></div><div>   An error occured in avast! engine: Invalid argument<br><br>

Any ideas? Should I try anothe program?<br clear="all">:-)~MIKE~(-:<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 9:02 PM, Michael Havens <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

so what do you recomend we do? I d/l avast but how should I go about checking packet traffic ?<br clear="all">:-)~MIKE~(-:<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 7:11 PM, Lisa Kachold <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:lisakachold@obnosis.com" target="_blank">lisakachold@obnosis.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

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 &quot;lsof&quot;:<div>



<br></div><div><a href="http://www.linuxthebest.com/2012/01/04/best-linux-antivirus-softwares-for-linux-users/" target="_blank">http://www.linuxthebest.com/2012/01/04/best-linux-antivirus-softwares-for-linux-users/</a><div>


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On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Michael Havens <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">



so should we all be worried about it, Lisa?<br clear="all">:-)~MIKE~(-:<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 6:33 PM, Lisa Kachold <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:lisakachold@obnosis.com" target="_blank">lisakachold@obnosis.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
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Hi Derek,<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Derek Trotter <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:expat.arizonan@gmail.com" target="_blank">expat.arizonan@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>





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On 11/15/2012 03:46 PM, Lisa Kachold wrote:<br>
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Perhaps we should create a massive [Chinese] spam campaign that installs a bot-net to infect with <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/statix/" target="_blank">http://sourceforge.net/<u></u>projects/statix/</a> and track Linux desktops?<br>







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I&#39;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?<br>
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Thanks<br></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>Yes, </div><div><br></div><div>Malware exists that targets linux indirectly (as in browser and Adobe based) and directly.</div><div><br></div><div>Check out the online registry:  <a href="http://www.team-cymru.org/Services/MHR/" target="_blank">http://www.team-cymru.org/Services/MHR/</a></div>






<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Detection: <a href="http://www.rfxn.com/projects/linux-malware-detect/" target="_blank">http://www.rfxn.com/projects/linux-malware-detect/</a></div><span><font color="#888888"><div>

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