Hi, a few days ago I had a funny thing where I found a software I mistakenly assumed I uninstalled was back again Non Existent App Showing in Tool Bar and Running! I discovered and from the discussion that I did not really uninstall it. As per the discussions I installed clamav. Today, scanning m…

[image] limotux: I wonder how can this happen! That is the cache so those are files you downloaded using firefox. From the above, it isn’t even clear if it is a real issue or a false positive. False positives are pretty common with trojans. That being said, it could very well be real. If …

[image] NX-01: it’s just that I don’t feel like posting most times. Same here. Visiting this wonderful forum daily, at least once a day to be updated and learn more perhaps. I won’t post as well unless I really have a serious problem or I have something to contribute I hope would be of value. …

[image] anon11595408: Just remember, any AV (snake-oil) multiplies a potential attack-surface on your system for potential attackers coming from outside, i.e. the web. Clamav is mostly focused on scanning mail contents, I don’t see how it increases potential attacks from outside. [image] …

[image] vazicebon: It is only safe because of the small number of Linux users, for attackers it’s not worth the effort. I guess that’s correct! Almost nobody puts a virus for Linux “in the wild”. Not worth the effort. And there’s also the fragmentation. A virus that works on a server running …

[image] vazicebon: It is only safe because of the small number of Linux users, for attackers it’s not worth the effort. [honka_memes-128px-50] You do realize that absolute most of the internet servers runs Linux? :laughing: Who could possibly want to hit those… :rofl:

You won’t hit those by putting a virus somewhere on the net. You need a virus tailored for the system and you need to make sure the virus gets on the server.

Sure, that’s why social engineering and zero-days are still a thing… Plus, if you think that all Linux admins are opsec geniuses - i bet you they’re not, and there are still a lot of stuff you can attack through simple automated script-kiddie tools from Kali Linux :laughing:

Sure, of course! There are always ways, no system is safe and yes, there are ppl working in IT that don’t know their job. I even have to deal with ppl like this from time to time:wink:

[image] keybreak: You do realize that absolute most of the internet servers runs Linux? :laughing: Who could possibly want to hit those… :rofl: We were talking about an antivirus on a Linux Desktop, for example, the number of virus signatures for maldet is : maldet(9745): {scan} signatures …

[image] NX-01: Sure, of course! There are always ways, no system is safe But as far as I know, any virus or malware cannot really affect a Linux system unless it gets the Admin (root) password! It can only affect user data (though to get installed it still needs root password). In my almost …

Linux is perfectly safe until the user sits behind the keyboard.

A Trojan in Firefox that I don't use?!

General system Newbie

Zesko June 3, 2023, 12:32pm 44

Are you sure?

I remembered that there were few different vulnerabilities that could be exploited in the past. They are old.

For example: