On Thursday 28 May 2015 17:52:33 Frank wrote: > 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: > >> > >> [cut] > >> > >>> 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".
Yes, sorry. I meant Thunderbird. But the questuiosn are still relevant, since I was thinking of Thunderbird. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201505282122.18230.lisi.re...@gmail.com
