On 28/05/15 12:37 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
On Thursday 28 May 2015 17:26:31 Darac Marjal wrote:
On Thu, 28 May 2015 11:34:44 -0400
Frank <debianl...@videotron.ca> wrote:
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One more thing on this problem:
Are there in fact any viruses that can infect Linux systems? I
know about rootkits but I gather they are rare. But the guys at my
ISP are so insistent I am beginning to wonder
There are viruses that run on Linux. Wikipedia has a non-exhaustive
list at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_malware#Viruses
As Wikipedia points out, though, Linux tends to find it easier to close
the vulnerability that allowed the virus to run in the first place.
And, in many cases, vulnerabilities are found BEFORE they're exploited
(compare that with Windows, were someone might find a vulnerability and
start exploiting it and then no-one else might find the same problem
for some years).
Altough there have indeed been proof-of-concept viruses for Linux, I
understood that there had not yet been any in the wild. But that is viruses,
not other forms of malware.
This problem arises when you open Firefox, not when you boot up? And it
happens when you open Firefox, even when the computer has been running for a
while?
It's not Firefox we're talking about ..it's Thunderbird and it only
affects one account, even though I have 3 on the same ISP.
No connection with booting - no connection with anything other
than that one account not being able to logon using IMAP.
It's the ISP security guys who are insisting in their words "the account
or perhaps your whole computer is infected".
Frank
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