[K12OSN] Linux viruses
Jim Kronebusch
jim at winonacotter.org
Tue Aug 17 12:48:55 UTC 2004
Just a heads up to those of you not running antivirus on your Linux
machines because you think you are safe since there aren't viruses on
Linux. I just looked through my update logs today from our MDaemon mail
server. I found an update for this virus Trojan.Linux.Rootkit.s, so I
researched it and found that it comes across disguised as a .mp3 and
deletes the users entire home directory when executed. So a little
nervous I ran some other Google searches and came across this post in
another forum:
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-01/0554.html
Look a few of them up and I'll bet we see more discussion on Linux virus
scanners.
That said, I'll ask again if there are any suggestions for a real time
virus scanner for Linux file servers that anyone can suggest to me. I
want to be sure users are unable to upload any files from any OS be it
Windows, Mac OS, or Linux to the server without first being scanned. I
do have ClamAV loaded but that seems to require a manual scan on my
part,
it isn't triggered on file upload.
Thanks
Jim Kronebusch
Cotter Tech Department
507-453-5188
jim at winonacotter.org
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