On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:59:33 -0400, Celejar posted:
[...edit just to save bandwidth]
> But this equivalence between insecure systems and those likely to fall
> victim to an accidental "rm -rf /" breaks down for the above case, since
> accidents become much less likely, but a virus can still do wha
On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 02:58:13 -0700
Thorny wrote:
...
> Naturally any of this is opinion on both sides. It isn't really possible
> for me to give data that shows something doesn't exist. And, you have
> no reason to believe me or anyone else but will you please review this
> article by Rick Moen,
On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:57:50 +0800, 明覺 posted:
> you are right, it should not be a viruses, maybe it's because my harddisk
> is broken, how to check my harddisk? now I have installed a new system on
> it and it is working fine now, but I'm afraid it will be broken suddenly
> again after a few day
On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:09:13 +, Avi Greenbury posted:
>>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Virus#Threats
Good grief, since when has wikipedia become the ultimate resource. Do you
notice how many of the references are to anti-virus labs, who have a
vested interest in selling software?
Nat
On Jueves 19 Marzo 2009 01:01:04 明覺 escribió:
> It all happened suddenly. I was editing a file in gedit 3 minutes ago, and
> when I was saving it, it said "readonly filesystem". then i restarted my
> machine, it ccould not shutdown for it said it's a readonly file system.
> then i pressed reset to
On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:51:53 -0700
Thorny wrote:
> >
> >[T]> A simple answer is that Linux "virus" exist as a proof-of-concept,
> >there
> >> aren't any "in the wild". If you think about it, there isn't a
> >> mechanism for propagation. You don't run as root do you? You can find
> >> out lots mo
Thorny wrote:
On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:37:56 -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. posted:
While they have been seen in the wild, ...
Please cite examples and/or documentation so I may learn. I know from your
other posts that you give good advice but I am not willing to accept this
statement on that ba
On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:37:56 -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. posted:
> While they have been seen in the wild, ...
Please cite examples and/or documentation so I may learn. I know from your
other posts that you give good advice but I am not willing to accept this
statement on that basis.
--
To UN
>
>[T]> A simple answer is that Linux "virus" exist as a proof-of-concept,
>there
>> aren't any "in the wild". If you think about it, there isn't a
>> mechanism for propagation. You don't run as root do you? You can find
>> out lots more about the concept with your favourite search engine.
>
>[C]
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 09:57:50PM +0800, ?...@k4 wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 5:58 PM, Jochen Schulz wrote:
> > First: today's viruses generally don't destroy their hosts anymore.
> > Instead, they use their host as a platform for criminal behaviour. You
> > don't earn any money by rendering
In <6a8fced30903190657k188d6c39nfbcbbd12a284a...@mail.gmail.com>, 明覺 wrote:
>On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 5:58 PM, Jochen Schulz wrote:
>> 明覺:
>> > It all happened suddenly. I was editing a file in gedit 3 minutes ago,
>> > and when I was saving it, it said "readonly filesystem".
>> > then i restarted
In <6a8fced30903190142s7a96df91y4dbfcfc0649f1...@mail.gmail.com>, 明覺 wrote:
>On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Thorny wrote:
>> > It all happened suddenly. I was editing a file in gedit 3 minutes ago,
>> > and
>> > when I was saving it, it said "readonly filesystem". then i restarted
>> > my machin
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 5:58 PM, Jochen Schulz wrote:
>
> 明覺:
> >
> > It all happened suddenly. I was editing a file in gedit 3 minutes ago, and
> > when I was saving it, it said "readonly filesystem".
>
> What's in /var/log/syslog?
I installed a new system in another partition, and use e2fsck to
On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:50:29 -0700
Thorny wrote:
...
> A simple answer is that Linux "virus" exist as a proof-of-concept, there
> aren't any "in the wild". If you think about it, there isn't a mechanism
> for propagation. You don't run as root do you? You can find out lots more
> about the conce
明覺:
>
> It all happened suddenly. I was editing a file in gedit 3 minutes ago, and
> when I was saving it, it said "readonly filesystem".
What's in /var/log/syslog?
> then i restarted my
> machine, it ccould not shutdown for it said it's a readonly file system.
> then i pressed reset to force it
[...]
> If it's not a virus, why my computer suddenly become broken, I do not
> understand, i guess it should be a virus.
>
A simple answer is that Linux "virus" exist as a proof-of-concept, there
aren't any "in the wild". If you think about it, there isn't a mechanism
for propagation. You don't
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 16:42:07 +0800, 明覺 (shi.min...@gmail.com) wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Thorny wrote:
>
> >
> > > It all happened suddenly. I was editing a file in gedit 3 minutes ago,
> > and
> > > when I was saving it, it said "readonly filesystem". then i restarted my
> >
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Thorny wrote:
>
> > It all happened suddenly. I was editing a file in gedit 3 minutes ago,
> and
> > when I was saving it, it said "readonly filesystem". then i restarted my
> > machine, it ccould not shutdown for it said it's a readonly file system.
> > then i pr
> It all happened suddenly. I was editing a file in gedit 3 minutes ago, and
> when I was saving it, it said "readonly filesystem". then i restarted my
> machine, it ccould not shutdown for it said it's a readonly file system.
> then i pressed reset to force it restart, then it stopped at "grup
>
On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 10:01 PM, 明覺 wrote:
> It all happened suddenly. I was editing a file in gedit 3 minutes ago, and
> when I was saving it, it said "readonly filesystem". then i restarted my
I had a box that would frequently not be able to find its boot disks,
got error 17s from time to time
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