On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 12:51:02AM +0200, Oded Maimon wrote: > Truls Gulbrandsen wrote: > > >Hi there, > >my ClamAV reports several viruses in the following diretory: > > > >/home/truls/.java/deployment/cache/javapi/v1.0/jar/ > > > >is it safe to delete all files in this directory or should carefully > >delete only the ones infected? .... > > if i understand right, then this is the java cache, when you will access > the application that need those jars, you will get them again.. > so i think it is safe to remove all files there.. > but they will come again when you will access the application.. > > the best way is just zip them (just in case) and then remove the files.. This is nasty. For sure ISOLATE them! Do some research on the individual files by name etc. For the most part Java has a well thought out sand box and security model and I am curious if ClamAV is generating a false positive. Do shut off Java and company in ALL browsers and such until you know more. What version of java? You might compare and contrast yours with these.... $ ls -l .java/deployment/cache/javapi/v1.0/jar/ total 988 -rw-rw-r-- 1 bob bob 90 Jan 29 2004 fscr1.jar-7e5a2944-2e6412b6.idx -rw-rw-r-- 1 bob bob 440031 Jan 29 2004 fscr1.jar-7e5a2944-2e6412b6.zip -rw-rw-r-- 1 bob bob 159 May 20 2004 Graph1.jar-1302317d-4fe64bef.idx -rw-rw-r-- 1 bob bob 17519 Mar 27 2004 Graph1.jar-1302317d-4fe64bef.zip -rw-rw-r-- 1 bob bob 160 Apr 4 2004 MaxSpeed.jar-489ef690-78ab35c1.idx -rw-rw-r-- 1 bob bob 23778 Apr 4 2004 MaxSpeed.jar-489ef690-78ab35c1.zip -rw-rw-r-- 1 bob bob 11129 Feb 18 2004 Olympus.jar-163145ff-72fb995d.idx -rw-rw-r-- 1 bob bob 393987 Feb 18 2004 Olympus.jar-163145ff-72fb995d.zip -rw-rw-r-- 1 bob bob 150 Jan 19 2004 TextScroller.jar-656db3e-67d3f3f8.idx -rw-rw-r-- 1 bob bob 16593 Jan 19 2004 TextScroller.jar-656db3e-67d3f3f8.zip -rw-rw-r-- 1 bob bob 162 Feb 2 2004 ZeBanner.jar-6a04fddb-125deef0.idx -rw-rw-r-- 1 bob bob 12736 Feb 2 2004 ZeBanner.jar-6a04fddb-125deef0.zip $ md5sum .java/deployment/cache/javapi/v1.0/jar/* b4a0e6056567e164bc4b32a7b58e3513 .java/deployment/cache/javapi/v1.0/jar/fscr1.jar-7e5a2944-2e6412b6.idx 953e14ab3e334e9af63be788cbe71b8b .java/deployment/cache/javapi/v1.0/jar/fscr1.jar-7e5a2944-2e6412b6.zip 87287018b1113e6e1a7f6f7a7dfb8837 .java/deployment/cache/javapi/v1.0/jar/Graph1.jar-1302317d-4fe64bef.idx 4e20896da2169bc33f9947d548bf8c6a .java/deployment/cache/javapi/v1.0/jar/Graph1.jar-1302317d-4fe64bef.zip 1d182e37debf79aa7f2705e85f300457 .java/deployment/cache/javapi/v1.0/jar/MaxSpeed.jar-489ef690-78ab35c1.idx 15b8925df6f6c2c8f18e03ce89692e10 .java/deployment/cache/javapi/v1.0/jar/MaxSpeed.jar-489ef690-78ab35c1.zip 11def19ed5fdcf1d2a07e9e0ff41f101 .java/deployment/cache/javapi/v1.0/jar/Olympus.jar-163145ff-72fb995d.idx 01473f62ec90785a824d368694741690 .java/deployment/cache/javapi/v1.0/jar/Olympus.jar-163145ff-72fb995d.zip 04e4ec80fd13193bf44fd7bf50bb578b .java/deployment/cache/javapi/v1.0/jar/TextScroller.jar-656db3e-67d3f3f8.idx 64e46e04f2d52ce729183912451c18eb .java/deployment/cache/javapi/v1.0/jar/TextScroller.jar-656db3e-67d3f3f8.zip 7e5cc1653d3f62a1c0bb07b73dbef52f .java/deployment/cache/javapi/v1.0/jar/ZeBanner.jar-6a04fddb-125deef0.idx c8f6cfa6770bc5409892925afb9ffd2c .java/deployment/cache/javapi/v1.0/jar/ZeBanner.jar-6a04fddb-125deef0.zip -- T o m M i t c h e l l Found me a new place to hang my hat :-)