--- Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Running COL 2.2. In the last week my hard drive went from 75% used to
> 99% used. Checked. The only thing I could find out of place is a
> strange
> file in /home/user called scywebMT.dll'. The file is totally
> untouchable. Tried to remove it with rm and rm -f terminal window
> locks
> up. Tried to read the file with cat got the same result. Whatis same
> result.This file wasn't there before my free space on the hard drive
> started to disappear.
>
> Anyone know what scywebMT.dll' is? Is it possible that some creature
> has
> managed to plant a Linux virus?
Why would you think it a virus? More likely is a root kit. A search on
google references that file as perhaps related to a squid proxy. WHat
does ls -l on that file show? Are you sure that the terminal is locking
up when you attempt to delete it? Perhaps its just taking a while to
delete, conidering how large it must be.
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