Constant Guard Service Alert
by Mickey
Got a email from Comcast.net, saying I have a Bot on my Computer, and
how to elimnate it, Not so sure that I want to follow their directions.
How I would I determine if this is true using Linux , I have Fedora 20
installed ?
See their email below.
On 09/06/2014 05:32 PM, Comcast Online Communications wrote:
> Constant Guard Service Alert
>
>
>
> Constant Guard™ Alert
>
> *Dear XFINITY Customer,*
>
> XFINITY identified one or more of your computers may be infected with
> a bot. You might have already seen an Alert from XFINITY informing you
> about bot activity.
>
> *We strongly recommend you take action
> <http://constantguard.comcast.net/education-help/bot-assistance/?CMP=EMC-E...>
> to remove malicious software from your computers.*
>
> We appreciate your prompt attention to this important security notice.
>
> Sincerely,
> Constant Guard from XFINITY
>
> Take Action Now
> <http://constantguard.comcast.net/education-help/bot-assistance/?CMP=EMC-E...>
>
> What is a bot?
>
> A bot is a malicious form of software that is used to send spam, host
> a phishing site, or steal your identity by monitoring your keystrokes
> without your knowledge.
>
> 1st
> Bot infects your computer
> 2nd
> Bot gathers your personal info
> 3rd
> Bot passes your info to 3rd party
>
>
>
>
> What is Constant Guard from XFINITY?
>
> *Constant Guard is a comprehensive online security protection service
> provided by XFINITY Internet.*
> We help ensure your online safety with products and services to
> protect you, your computer and your family.
>
> Constant Guard identifies infected computers by:
>
> * Getting data from reputable Internet research groups that
> specialize in bot identification.
> * Looking for malicious behavior exhibited by bots (such as spam,
> distributed denial of service attacks, and repeated connection
> requests to known 'command and control' channels).
> * Collecting this data to confirm whether one or more of your
> computers has been infected.
>
>
>
> This is a service related email. Comcast will occasionally send you
> service-related emails to inform you of service upgrades or new
> benefits to you Comcast High-Speed Internet service.
>
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> respective owners.
>
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>
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9 years, 7 months
KDE became a sort of sloth
by Walter Cazzola
Dear Fedora Experts,
I've a Dell Precision m6500 with i7 and 1GB NVIDIA FX3800M and it is
running a Fedora 20 since it was distributed without any trouble.
Two days ago I have updated my system through yum and since then KDE is
really slow to start (Today it tooks 8 minutes to be usable again) and
sometimes becomes unresponsive for a while.
The period of freezing coincide with some HD activities (or at least
with the HD indicator light turned on without blinking (or blinking so
fast that I can't discern it). I've tried to see with top if I have some
suspect process running but everything is as usual.
Also the KDE session the system restores is pretty naïve with a couple
of konsoles, an instance of firefox and a couple of okulars open.
Nothing that, in my view, can justify the change.
I've tried to undo the last update but yum fails in that due to a
dependency issue. Both Baloo and Akonadi indexing service are turned
off. Also googling around didn't suggest me new ideas about how to fix
the problem
My next try it would be to use the nvidia drivers instead of nouveau but
before selling my soul to the evil ;-) I'd prefer to ask for help.
Any suggestion? Any known bug I'm run into?
Thank you in adavance for your help
Walter
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9 years, 7 months
network-manager-applet
by Geoffrey Leach
I'm running xfce4 4.10 (yum latest) with the network-manager-applet (also latest) installed. When the disto was first installed, the applet was installed in the #2 panel at the bottom of the screen. I deleted that panel, but the applet did not show up in the #1 panel. So where have I screwed up? Thanks.
9 years, 7 months
VirtualBox -
by Bob Goodwin
I would like to avoid burning a DVD, rather install [centos7 in this
case] from the .iso downloaded to my HD. Is this not possible? All
google wants to do is help me install Windows.
I can burn a DVD easily enough but it seems it should not be necessary ...
Tnx,
Bob
--
http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD
box10 Fedora-20/64bit Linux/XFCE
9 years, 7 months
No mount of Android phone
by Frank Elsner
Helo,
can somebody explain why my Android phone is not mounted?
The relevant lines from /var/loG/messages:
Sep 5 22:30:15 pangea kernel: [231733.246914] usb 2-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 24 using ehci-pci
Sep 5 22:30:15 pangea kernel: [231733.336930] usb 2-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=04e8, idProduct=6860
Sep 5 22:30:15 pangea kernel: [231733.336941] usb 2-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=3, SerialNumber=4
Sep 5 22:30:15 pangea kernel: [231733.336948] usb 2-1.1: Product: SAMSUNG_Android
Sep 5 22:30:15 pangea kernel: [231733.336953] usb 2-1.1: Manufacturer: SAMSUNG
Sep 5 22:30:15 pangea kernel: [231733.336958] usb 2-1.1: SerialNumber: 47900c0910c23100
Sep 5 22:30:18 pangea automount[701]: key "DCIM" not found in map source(s).
Sep 5 22:30:18 pangea automount[701]: key "dcim" not found in map source(s).
Sep 5 22:30:18 pangea automount[701]: key "DCIM" not found in map source(s).
Sep 5 22:30:18 pangea automount[701]: key "dcim" not found in map source(s).
Sep 5 22:30:18 pangea kernel: [231736.682049] usb 2-1.1: USB disconnect, device number 24
Sep 5 22:30:19 pangea kernel: [231736.860462] usb 2-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 25 using ehci-pci
Sep 5 22:30:19 pangea kernel: [231736.947704] usb 2-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=04e8, idProduct=6860
Sep 5 22:30:19 pangea kernel: [231736.947716] usb 2-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=3, SerialNumber=4
Sep 5 22:30:19 pangea kernel: [231736.947722] usb 2-1.1: Product: SAMSUNG_Android
Sep 5 22:30:19 pangea kernel: [231736.947728] usb 2-1.1: Manufacturer: SAMSUNG
Sep 5 22:30:19 pangea kernel: [231736.947733] usb 2-1.1: SerialNumber: 47900c0910c23100
BTW, automounter is activated for some mount of some NFS exports from my NFS server.
Any pointer to get the phone's microSD mounted are welcome.
Kind regards, Frank
9 years, 7 months
Vmware Workstation not launching
by Lawrence E Graves
Has anyone noticed, if you are running vmware workstation 10, that it
will not launch. I have reinstalled and still no results. Welcoming any
advise concerning this issue. Thank you in advance.
--
All things are workable but don't all things work.
Prov. 3:5 & 6
9 years, 7 months
Sort of OT
by Roger
I'm hoping an apache expert may be able to help me.
Following tutorials on how to set up apache to access a web page
development directory in my /home/user file system using <VirtualHost>.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin user@localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/mydirectory
ServerName localhost
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
I do not wish to change <DirectoryRoot> in httpd.conf.
I loaded the config files (ubuntu and apple) as per web tutorials, reset
and restarted apache.
Have the correct paths in <Directory "/a/b/c">
But in a browser localhost/directory/index.html always reports error:
Not Found The requested URL /directory was not found on this server.
What am I missing please
thank you in advance
Roger
9 years, 7 months
ssh problems
by Aaron Konstam
I have two machines on a Local LAN. Machine A can ssh and sftp to
Machine B. But ssh on Machine B to Machine A results in port 22
connection refused. How can this be fixed and or port 22 be opened?
9 years, 7 months
What happened to rcp and ssh problem
by Aaron Konstam
For medical reasons I have been away from Linux for a year or more. I am
now running fc20 , but there is a problem.
rcp dooes not appear in the distribution. Has it disappeared in earlier
versions and I just missed it?
Is there a substitute that I can use?
9 years, 7 months