Is there virus removal software for Jaunty KDE

[Martin Laberge]

On Sunday 14 June 2009 12:14:16 Steven Vollom wrote:
> On Saturday 13 June 2009 10:05:03 pm Martin Laberge wrote:
> > On Saturday 13 June 2009 21:35:58 Richard S. Crawford wrote:
> > > On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 6:28 PM, Martin Laberge<mlsoftlaberge at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> > > > Just do not think anymore about virus.
> > > >
> > > > You are using linux, and do not need to do it.
> > >
> > > Not *precisely* true. There are rootkits and trojans that can affect
> > > Linux, but they're rare and hardly ever found in the wild. If you're
> > > using your Linux computer as a mail server, then you definitely need a
> > > virus detector like ClamAV to detect and eliminate viruses before they
> > > make their way to the mailbox of someone using Windows.
> > >
> > > Viruses, trojans, and rootkits are very, very rare for Linux, though.
> > > In general, if your computer is acting like it has a virus, then the
> > > first place to look is your system logs. It's far more likely that
> > > there's a misconfiguration somewhere
> > >
> > > --
> > > Richard S. Crawford (rscrawford at mossroot.com)
> > > http://www.mossroot.com
> > > Publisher and Editor in Chief, Daikaijuzine (http://www.daikaijuzine.com)
> >
> > In the case of trojans or rootkits, you then need to use
> > a rootkit eliminator, (something like chkrootkit)
> >
> > In the case of a mail server to windows machines,
> > just let the windows clients suffer for their sins
> > if THEY did'nt installed something to take care
> > of THEIR problem.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Martin Laberge
> > mlsoftlaberge at gmail.com
> > mlsoftlaberge at hotmail.com
> > mlsoft at videotron.ca
> > Tel:(418)521-6823
> > Cell:(418)575-2945
> > *** 30 Years of Unix Admin, and still learning... ***
> I have heard the term mail server many times over the past year or so.  So 
> many who use the list talk of them, but I am just one person and use Kmail 
> mostly.  I installed and tried Thunderbird on the offended computer, but it 
> started reacting the same way and stopped when it got to a failed connection 
> between computer and ISP too.
> 
> Perhaps I am a mail server and don't know it.  I contact family, a few friends 
> and the List with emails, that is all.  I don't have any commercial activity 
> or company activity taking place ever.  I am retired.  I do have some 
> important data on the offended box, though, and it is in two places.  On a 
> partition called /home/steven/backup and on the /home partition.  But they 
> obviously have the virus too, because after formatting and reinstalling, I 
> still retained the same problems.  I don't know if you know the progression of 
> the virus, but it takes a lot of words to describe, so tell me if you want me 
> to relate them again.
> 
> Steven
> 

You cannot be a public mail-server without knowing it.

Being a Server, means you did know exactly what you were doing,
if you dont know, then you are not one. 

-- 
Martin Laberge
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mlsoftlaberge at hotmail.com
mlsoft at videotron.ca
Tel:(418)521-6823
Cell:(418)575-2945
*** 30 Years of Unix Admin, and still learning... ***