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Unknown linux process with random command
I have a unknown process when I run top:
When I kill the process it is coming again with another random name.
when I check the rc.d levels and init.d there are many random name similar like this one ...
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Am I attacked or just stupid?
I run a server using Debian Squeeze with several OpenVZ containers. The containers run mostly Squeeze, some Lenny, and some already updated to Wheezy. The host doesn't do that much beyond iptables and ...
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Edit Windows startup applications from Linux
I'm dealing with a Windows 7 that has got a virus that starts immediately on startup, locking the screen. It also runs in safemode (even with command prompt only). Only option is to switch the ...
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Use ClamAV to scan large files
We have a Linux VM running Xubuntu with ClamAV installed.
We would like to scan files larger than 4Gigs, using the clamscan command preferably. I can use the --max-filesize=x and --max-scansize=x ...
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WINE and Windows viruses
Might be a silly question, but I was wondering... WINE has permission to edit certain (profile) folders and provides Windows based software to run under Linux. Could it also provide Windows viruses an ...
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Can my Linux-mint become vulnerable after updating?
According to Linux Mint's blog post:
The website of linux-mint is hacked and some ISOs are replaced with
backdoored operating system.
I am installing my operating system from a few weeks ago. ...
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Should I pitch Ubuntu to virus victims?
I've noticed that on a regular basis I see facebook statuses complaining about viruses (e.g. "sorry I haven't been on in a few days... my comp got socked by a virus and I had to reinstall everything")
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Is it safe to view virus content on linux?
My email virus software quarantined several virus files. Is it safe to view them with 'cat' or other similar commands? Also can I safely open them with editors like nano?
Thanks
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Is it safe to connect a hard drive to my computer to image it if I know it contains a virus?
I was recently asked to help a friend fix a virus laden computer and I was wondering if it is possible for viruses infecting another computers hard drive could pose a possible risk if I connect that ...
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Monitor which process create a file
there are two Linux Servers one is Ubuntu14 and the other is Centos7.
when users connect with ssh and work, we found some files like below:
I couldn't find any tools to find which process creates it.
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Can a (BOOT/BIOS) Virus affect a Linux LiveCD session?
Question:
Is it possible for a virus that infected a PC with Windows OS to show
similar erroneous behaviour during a LiveCD session with Ubuntu?
N.B. To clarify my question: Can the liveCD ...
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Virus on vdi files dangerous for host machine? [duplicate]
I want to use the preinstalled vdi files from virtualboxes.org because it saves me time having it already built for me (what's not to like?).
I don't know if they have viruses on them (they very well ...
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How to give a Linux user permission to create backups, but not permission to delete them?
I want to set up automated backups that are kept safe from myself (in case a virus pwns me). The problem is the "create" and "delete" permissions are the same thing: write permission. So what can I do ...
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Why is windows more prone to viruses than linux? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How is Linux not prone to viruses, malware and those kinds of things?
I want to get some broad level sense of why Windows is more prone to viruses than Linux.. What features/...
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Will running Linux in a virtual machine inside Windows prevent viruses?
I got affected by a nasty fake antivirus tool yesterday. I was using Windows Vista and I had Microsoft Security Essentials installed, but they were no use.
My question is: if I run Ubuntu Linux ...
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My XP computer is trying to boot into Linux
This has happened twice now. I wake in the morning (yes noon is morning) I go to my computer to find it is stuck in the middle of rebooting. The last few lines of the log show the following.
GRUB ...
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What kinds of protections against viruses does Linux provide out of the box for the average user?
I know others have asked this, but I have other questions related to this. In particular, I'm concerned about the damage that the virus can do the user itself (his files), not the OS in general nor ...
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I think I got the “!want_to_cry.txt” (WannaCry?) virus on my Samba server. Was this inevitable?
Update: I have checked my note app where I opened the ransome note and the recent open files tab shows me the name of the text file I opened originally. I don't have the contents but the file was ...
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Hacked router affecting linux devices
The router of a friend of mine has been hacked, his android phone can't visit webpages with any kind of ads because it gets redirected to another site (this: http/...
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Strange Virus Infecting My Server
I am currently working on a Web App on my dedicated server (LAMP) and it seems like it might be infected with some strange malware/virus of some kind.
When I access some domains on that server (every ...
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VirtualBox and Security From Windows to Linux
If I have VirtualBox, hosted by Windows 7 and I install Linux Ubuntu on this, is there any security risk if I use the Linux OS for the internet but the hosted OS (Windows) has no Virus protection ...
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Linux botnet removal
I fear that I'm under a linux botnet takeover.
sudo netstat -antpv with all browsers closed, besides other results, returns this:
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address ...
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Strange TCP Connections - How to kill
My parents Mac is having some random issues - my mum paid £160 to get the computer repaired as there were some "trojans" according to the guy on the phone from india
On hearing this news I had a ...
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Is Linux vulnerable to Java drive-by exploits?
Is Linux vulnerable to Java drive-by exploits?
Another computer I run on windows 7 just notified me that it was infected through Java, and I'm wondering if my Linux box (ubuntu 10) with Java ...
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Kali Linux .iso infected
I wanted to try out Kali Linux, so I downloaded a VM and the Kali Linux ISO file from the official Kali website. It was running perfectly fine initially. However, after about a week, my laptop started ...
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Why don't Unix/Linux don't get malware while Windows does? [closed]
Windows is a commercial OS, so it should probably be the more secure one, as it's the moral/professional duty of people who are making money out of it.
But Linux, which is open-source to both good ...
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Fedora Linux keeps doing DNS requests to random sites
I have Fedora 12 Linux on my laptop with all the latest security updates installed. But when I open wireshark and view only dns requests (by adding a dns filter), I notice that my laptop keeps doing ...
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Process path does not exists
A VM of mine got infected with some crypto mining malware. I can kill it but it obviously restart at each boot. I tried finding the executable but I can't get my hands on it; the process path (from ...
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Can Ransomware migrate from an infected PC to uninfected Linux computers on a network?
My roommate's company was recently hit by a comprehensive Ransomware attack and she has been working from home via our home network. All the other computers in our house other than her work machine ...
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ClamAV and Metasploit
I removed the Metasploit framework with the command dnf remove
metasploit-framework and I did a full scan of my Linux distribution
with Clam AV and 4 infected files are detected:
/var/cache/...
