linux malware

[Michael Havens]

so what do you recomend we do? I d/l avast but how should I go about
checking packet traffic ?
:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 7:11 PM, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold at obnosis.com>wrote:

> 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.
>>>
>>> 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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