[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I did a virus scan with clamscan and then f-prot. Clamscan notified > me of one virus: V801 in file /proc/kcore. Going to this file it is > VERY large (in fact takes up the majority of my partition). I can't > seem to rm or shred this file. f-prot called it a W32 virus? But > neither application will remove the file. It has permissions set at > '-r--------' with owners root.root. What does this file do? Is > there any way to get rid of the virus without wiping the partition > which is /? Let me know if you need more info.
1st hit at www.google.com for /proc/kcore: http://www.unixguide.net/linux/faq/04.16.shtml "What Is /proc/kcore? None of the files in /proc are really there--they're all, "pretend," files made up by the kernel, to give you information about the system and don't take up any hard disk space. /proc/kcore is like an "alias" for the memory in your computer. Its size is the same as the amount of RAM you have, and if you read it as a file, the kernel does memory reads." Bob Scott -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
