On Thursday 28 May 2015 21:42:51 Frank wrote: > On 28/05/15 04:22 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > 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 > > No. As is I said the problem is not related to booting in any way.
That's what I was asking. Had there been any time (not causal link) I had an idea... That's all. > It > just appeared out of the blue. It now appears they had blocked that > account because their system (or they) thought/thinks it is/was > infected. And it's impossible to deal with these guys. One of them > tried to tell me he had a masters degree in Computer Science...to which > I replied what are you doing handling complaints like this...should you > be working for Google or somebody of that nature :) ;-) I once told a lawyer that she couldn't do arithemetic. She was put out and said that she had an A in A level Mathematics. I said that she still couldn't do arithmetic. 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/201505282339.15598.lisi.re...@gmail.com
