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":
http://www.linuxthebest.com/2012/01/04/best-linux-antivirus-softwares-for-linux-users/
On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Michael Havens <
bmike1@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@obnosis.com>wrote:
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>> Hi Derek,
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Derek Trotter <expat.arizonan@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.
>>
>> Check out the online registry: http://www.team-cymru.org/Services/MHR/
>>
>>
>> Detection: http://www.rfxn.com/projects/linux-malware-detect/
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