So installed Trisquel 8 with iso downloaded 3/24/2018.
Using chkrootkit I found something strange which only happens if Abrowser is
loaded. My homepage is a file on disk and there are no connections made when
I start Abrowser.
Result in chkrootkit with out Abrowser loaded (but I also tried dooble
browser and this was the result):
Checking `chkutmp'... chkutmp: nothing
deleted
A minute later with Abrowser loaded:
Checking `chkutmp'... The tty of the
following user process(es) were not found
in /var/run/utmp !
! RUID PID TTY CMD
!
:0|194:1|195:0|196:1|197:1|198:0|201:1|205:1|207:1|208:0|210:1|213:0|225:0|226:0|229:0|232:1|234:1|235:1|237:1|238:0|245:1|248:1|253:0|254:1|255:1|256:1|257:1|258:1|259:1|264:0|267:1|268:1|269:1|270:1|271:1|272:0|273:0|279:1|282:0|283:0|284:1|285:1|286:0|287:1|288:1|289:1|291:0|292:0|294:0|3
86
:1|178:0|180:1|181:0|182:1|184:1|1:0|194:1|195:0|196:1|197:1|198:0|201:1|205:1|207:1|208:0|210:1|213:0|225:0|226:0|229:0|232:1|234:1|235:1|237:1|238:0|245:1|248:1|253:0|254:1|255:1|256:1|257:1|258:1|259:1|264:0|267:1|268:1|269:1|270:1|271:1|272:0|273:0|279:1|282:0|283:0|284:1|285:1|286:0|287:1|288:1|289:1|291:0|292:0|294:0|3
01:1|205:1|207:1|208:0|210:1|213:0|225:0|226:0|229:0|232:1|234:1|235:1|237:1|238:0|245:1|248:1|253:0|254:1|255:1|256:1|257:1|258:1|259:1|264:0|267:1|268:1|269:1|270:1|271:1|272:0|273:0|279:1|282:0|283:0|284:1|285:1|286:0|287:1|288:1|289:1|291:0|292:0|294:0|3
!
:0|194:1|195:0|196:1|197:1|198:0|201:1|205:1|207:1|208:0|210:1|213:0|225:0|226:0|229:0|232:1|234:1|235:1|237:1|238:0|245:1|248:1|253:0|254:1|255:1|256:1|257:1|258:1|259:1|264:0|267:1|268:1|269:1|270:1|271:1|272:0|273:0|279:1|282:0|283:0|284:1|285:1|286:0|287:1|288:1|289:1|291:0|292:0|294:0|3
86
:1|178:0|180:1|181:0|182:1|184:1|1:0|194:1|195:0|196:1|197:1|198:0|201:1|205:1|207:1|208:0|210:1|213:0|225:0|226:0|229:0|232:1|234:1|235:1|237:1|238:0|245:1|248:1|253:0|254:1|255:1|256:1|257:1|258:1|259:1|264:0|267:1|268:1|269:1|270:1|271:1|272:0|273:0|279:1|282:0|283:0|284:1|285:1|286:0|287:1|288:1|289:1|291:0|292:0|294:0|3
01:1|205:1|207:1|208:0|210:1|213:0|225:0|226:0|229:0|232:1|234:1|235:1|237:1|238:0|245:1|248:1|253:0|254:1|255:1|256:1|257:1|258:1|259:1|264:0|267:1|268:1|269:1|270:1|271:1|272:0|273:0|279:1|282:0|283:0|284:1|285:1|286:0|287:1|288:1|289:1|291:0|292:0|294:0|3
chkutmp: nothing deleted
Can another Trisquel 8 user see if they get show these same results?
I don't know what this means. I found this info in the man page for utmp:
"The utmp file allows one to discover information about who is currently
using the system. There may be more users currently using the system,
because not all programs use utmp logging." It says a value of 0 means Empty,
a value of 1 is Change in system run-level'
As soon as I put Abrowser away, chkrootkit returns to the first result,
simply 'nothing deleted'
Don't have firefox installed so can't check it. Only dooble so far as
alternative.
Not panicing yet but would like to confirm that my Abrowser's behaviour is as
expected.
I have Decentaleyes and uBlockOrigin installed and enabled for plugins. Maybe
they are the cause.
