Brian's Fedora-on-a-stick idea is a good one. You could also try using that to run some utilities that can check for bad stuff, like chkrootkit and clamAV.
Tim On Sat, Jun 2, 2018 at 5:12 PM Bob Scofield <scofi...@omsoft.com> wrote: > > Here's an update. The idea of installing Chrome as a temporary fix does > not work. Chrome will not even come up when I click on the icon. > > Bob > > On 06/02/2018 04:55 PM, Bob Scofield wrote: > > I've got an infected Linux desktop and I don't have the technical > > expertise to fix it. I live in Woodland and I'm willing to hire > > someone to come over here to fix it. So I'll explain the problem and > > then explain what I think I can do on my own, but if that won't work I > > would like some professional help. > > > > I was on the CNN news website and saw an article with a title > > something like "Mama Bear Hugs Man Who Saved Cubs." I wanted to read > > the article, but checked out another story first. Then I could no > > longer find the bear story on the CNN website. So I Googled and found > > it. > > > > When I clicked on the link to the story or video or whatever it is, > > Firefox crashed. It crashed permanently. If I try to start Firefox > > all I get is the "Mozilla Crash Report." I've removed Firefox 3 > > times. I've purged Firefox twice. I've reinstalled and the problem > > persists. > > > > In the meantime I tried to read the story with Chromium. Chromium now > > constantly crashes. It will not stay up for more than about 30 seconds. > > > > What's more, Cinnamon (I'm using Linux Mint) is now crashing every > > once and awhile and I've never seen Cinnamon crash before. > > > > One idea I have is to reinstall Linux Mint. But /home is on a > > separate partition. And I've got a feeling that if I reinstall, then > > something in /home/.mozilla will prevent Firefox from working. So if I > > do a reinstall, do I first wipe out /.mozilla? > > > > I've got ESET Linux antivirus on this computer and it didn't find > > anything during an in-depth scan. > > > > This is a dual boot system. I use Windows 7 for work. Given that > > Windows 7 is expiring next January I was planning on taking some time > > in November to re-partition this computer to wipe out the Windows > > partition and use Windows 7 in Virtualbox (keeping Windows more > > isolated from the Internet). So I guess I could download Chrome and > > use it until I do this big computer switch in November. But even then > > I have to worry about whether .mozilla should be deleted. > > > > If one of these fixes don't seem like they'd work, please contact me > > and I'll hire you to drive over and do the fix. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Bob > > _______________________________________________ > > vox-tech mailing list > > vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech