Software updater snuck in a package that is unwanted
C de-Avillez
hggdh2 at ubuntu.com
Tue Oct 17 00:34:19 UTC 2017
On Tue, 17 Oct 2017 06:51:01 +0800
Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
> Apparently, this trojan horse has the effect that, to remove it, so as
> to revert to manually performing upgrades (which is as it should be),
> I have to wreck the system, by removing the desktop system and the
> operating system core.
Wait. This is a serious assertion: that a security update is a trojan.
So, first of all, what is the package? what is your Ubuntu version?
Which repositories are active, and from where?
Finally, what made you conclude it is a trojan, or any other type of
malware?
Cheers,
..C..
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