Ed Greshko wrote:
Jim Cornette wrote:
I did use firefox where I did not want the links to be imported into the
mozilla bookmarks for special purpose. I recently removed firefox
because of chkrootkit pegging some files as possible problems.
Hey, you just came up with a great idea for Microsoft! They should
develop a root kit checker that marks innocent files as possible
problems. That way, folks will get scared/paranoid and remove the
applications without learning the meaning of the words "false positive". :-)
The pegged file by chkrotkit was still present on my system even after
firefox was removed from the system. I had to remove the file manually
after erasing FireFox.
Windows already tried that tactic by labeling Linux as a virus. But the
tactic was not successful. Linux would not propagate within the Windows
environment as those familiar with viruses on Windows have experienced.
I will most likely reinstall Firefox and run chkrootkit to see if it
installs the same file that was pegged the first run through chkrootkit.
Jim
--
In a display of perverse brilliance, Carl the repairman mistakes a room
humidifier for a mid-range computer but manages to tie it into the network
anyway.
-- The 5th Wave
