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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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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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ClamScan skip files During the scan
We have configured ClamAV to automatically scan files in a monitored directory using inotifywait.
# Start the monitoring tool and log the scan results
nohup inotifywait -m -r -e create "$...
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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/...
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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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Is Linux safe from NetBIOS viruses
I don't understand anything about computer viruses, but I have a very simple question:
If a virus targets NetBIOS, is a computer running Ubuntu safe?
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How to recognize mounted media only in ubuntu VM in windows?
In many of schools in Turkey there is a virus and you can easily get just by plugging in a flash drive. It's like a joke virus but it's annoying. Anyway... linux is not affected by this virus so when ...
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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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how do I create an AVG bootable USB device from Linux?
Per AVG instructions on creating a bootable USB device:
Using the RAR/ZIP archive to create a USB bootable device
To create a USB flash drive variant of AVG Rescue CD, you will need to do the ...
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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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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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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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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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