[ubuntu-za] Ubuntu Linux virus?

David Robert Lewis ethnopunk at telkomsa.net
Fri Aug 7 20:13:16 BST 2009



Lee Sharp wrote:
> David Robert Lewis wrote:
>   
>> There are a number of ways one could write a linux virus
>>
>> http://www.geekzone.co.nz/foobar/6229*
>> *
>> The reason I am inclined to think there is some malware, is that I found 
>> a couple of email being sent out to my address book in which I clearly 
>> had not bothered to mail the address concerned. So there is some virus 
>> activity in my thunderbird. Also, I keep getting this
>>
>> psmouse.c: bad data from KBC - timeout
>>
>>
>> Which is related to the mouse problem. So I might have installed 
>> something which tries to take control of the PC.
>>
>> I tried loading and unloading psmouse, but still a problem. Not sure 
>> what to do.
>>     
>
> There is a very elegant Windows rootkit program called rootkitty.  All 
> it does is a recursive directory that outputs to a file.  Run it in the 
> infected environment, and again from a live CD, then do a diff on the 
> output files.  In Linux you should be able to do this by hand easily.
>
> 			Lee
>
>   
It keeps coming back to the relationship of trust you build on the web. 
Everytime we allow unsigned and unverified data to be installed, because 
developers are too busy to worry about security, we increase the chances 
of malware, of any type, becoming part of the software stack. I'm not 
pointing fingers, its just I think we've been lulled into a false sense 
of security. Sure, its not as bad as Windows, but Linux is not 
impregnable. By a long way.

My two cents.

David.

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