On Dec 2, 2007 8:09 PM, Rony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This virus does not reach the stage of executing after download. As soon > as you click on the download link, instead of the file download > beginning, the system goes into a reboot. It has got infected. On > reboot, it brings in the bigger payload which causes irreversible damage > as it reboots everytime an admin command is run. If the net is shut off > just before the system boots again, the bigger payload is kept away and > the system can be restored to an earlier clean period. This is something > very recent so I was wondering if there has been some major attack on > the web servers.
I don't think it's got anything to do with the web servers. I think replacing windows with Linux will solve the problem ;) > Why does Linux save a .exe file as .exe.bin in the vfat partition when > downloading directly from Firefox? Is that an indication of the attacks > or is it normal? It's a bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/77788 -- Siddhesh Poyarekar http://siddhesh.in -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
