So I've got a Linux virus? Where would one find out about it? Like how do I get rid of it?
Brad On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Andrew Jorgensen wrote: > This really does sound like a virus to me (If you have the printer set > up in Samba). The virus tries to copy itself to other computers, but it > doesn't care if the share is a printer or a file share. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > OK, I've done my research and found in > > /var/spool/lpd/Sam_670/lpq.0/Sam_670.acct the following (Sam_670 > > is the name of the printer) > > > > jobstart '-Hmugleston.mugs.net' '-nnobody' '-PSam_670' > > '-kcfA461mugleston.mugs.net' '-b50688' > > '-t2003-07-04-12:33:27.000' > > jobend '-Hmugleston.mugs.net' '-nnobody' '-PSam_670' > > '-kcfA461mugleston.mugs.net' '-b50688' > > '-t2003-07-04-12:33:46.000' > > jobstart '-Hmugleston.mugs.net' '-nnobody' '-PSam_670' > > '-kcfA179mugleston.mugs.net' '-b50688' > > '-t2003-07-05-14:21:51.000' > > jobend '-Hmugleston.mugs.net' '-nnobody' '-PSam_670' > > '-kcfA179mugleston.mugs.net' '-b50688' > > '-t2003-07-05-14:22:05.000' > > jobstart '-Hmugleston.mugs.net' '-nnobody' '-PSam_670' > > '-kcfA260mugleston.mugs.net' '-b50688' > > '-t2003-07-08-18:12:39.000' > > jobend '-Hmugleston.mugs.net' '-nnobody' '-PSam_670' > > '-kcfA260mugleston.mugs.net' '-b50688' > > '-t2003-07-08-18:12:53.000' > > jobstart '-Hmugleston.mugs.net' '-nnobody' '-PSam_670' > > '-kcfA435mugleston.mugs.net' '-b50688' > > '-t2003-07-12-15:43:02.000' > > jobend '-Hmugleston.mugs.net' '-nnobody' '-PSam_670' > > '-kcfA435mugleston.mugs.net' '-b50688' > > '-t2003-07-12-15:43:21.000' > > jobstart '-Hmugleston.mugs.net' '-nnobody' '-PSam_670' > > '-kcfA719mugleston.mugs.net' '-b50688' > > '-t2003-07-13-13:46:12.000' > > jobend '-Hmugleston.mugs.net' '-nnobody' '-PSam_670' > > '-kcfA719mugleston.mugs.net' '-b50688' > > '-t2003-07-13-13:46:31.000' > > jobstart '-Hmugleston.mugs.net' '-nnobody' '-PSam_670' > > '-kcfA215mugleston.mugs.net' '-b50688' > > '-t2003-07-15-18:20:27.000' > > jobend '-Hmugleston.mugs.net' '-nnobody' '-PSam_670' > > '-kcfA215mugleston.mugs.net' '-b50688' > > '-t2003-07-15-18:20:52.000' > > > > > >>From what I can tell by looking at the whole file this print job > > kicks off when Sam turns his computer/printer on every day. This > > file is on my Linux Server so it is sending something to Sam_670 > > when it sees if for the first time. > > > > It wouldn't be so bad if it printed off something recognizable > > but it prints off pages and pages (normally it runs out of paper > > before it's done). All the printout is garbage. > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Brad > > > > > > On 13 Jul 2003, Kekoa Vincent wrote: > > > > > >>>Where can I read a print log? it's not in /var/log/ > >> > >>Well, for me, I'm using cups, so its logs are in /var/log/cups . In > >>looking at my /var/log directory, I see a lpr.log, which I assume could > >>be a print log, but it is empty for me because I'm using cups. Do you > >>have LPRng set up? I wouldn't know to do, since I've only used cups > >>since I've started using linux. If you don't have any printing system > >>installed, then it shouldn't be sending things to printers, especially > >>network printers. Well, at least I don't think it should be. > >> > >>Good Luck! > >>-Kekoa > >> > >>btw, I like cups. It's been good to me. > >> > >> > >>____________________ > >>BYU Unix Users Group > >>http://uug.byu.edu/ > >>___________________________________________________________________ > >>List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > >> > > > > > > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > -- Brad Mugleston, KI0OT There are 10 types of people in this world. Those that understand binary and those that don't. ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
