There are rootkits on linux. I have removed several, generally people break in via bad password on an account, the ones I have dealt with did not get into root. They appeared to at least be contained in a user account. If you are know what is normal in ps you can see the extra processes and know something is going on. On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 6:04 PM, jd1008 <jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 09/06/2014 04:53 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: >> >> On Sat, 06 Sep 2014 18:39:46 -0400 >> Mickey wrote: >> >>> Got a email from Comcast.net, saying I have a Bot on my Computer, and >>> how to elimnate it, Not so sure that I want to follow their directions. >> >> I'm pretty sure comcast bought some software written by the CEOs >> nephew that looks for things like bit torrent traffic and sends >> out these wildly inflated warnings (or maybe it doesn't look for >> anything, maybe it just sends them out at random to try and get >> people to buy expensive security software). >> >> Since comcast won't ever tell you what they actually saw, there isn't >> any reason to pay any attention to these messages. > > I ditto Tom on this. > Some of my friends even got phone calls from people telling > them they represent Microsoft in the USA and demand > (Yes, Demand!) that you let them login to your computer > to remove a virus which is causing infection of many other > computers in the USA. > > > > > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
