Re: [newbie] help( i may have a virus in linux)

[John Aldrich]

On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, David Cole wrote:
> I found a file in the root directory called core. its icon is round yellow
> with eyes and a tong sticking out. it was in the root dir. then it showed up
> on a disk I have used in linux.
>
Core is just the remains of a program that crashed. Nothing useful to
most people... just nuke it and don't worry about it.
        John