Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 11:22:09 +0800 From: Kelvin Ng Chee Hoong <nchee_hoong@pacific.net.sg> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Infected by virus Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20011107111835.00a4a6e0@po.pacific.net.sg> In-Reply-To: <20011106190912.A35365@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20011107092016.00a46320@po.pacific.net.sg> <5.1.0.14.0.20011107092016.00a46320@po.pacific.net.sg>
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Well ;
This sound bad news to me . :-(
I have installed a lot of application software the system . It consumed me
a lot of time to get these services up.
I am going to cry if you ask me to wipe the disk and re-install .
:-(
At 07:09 PM 11/6/01 -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote:
>On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 09:21:15AM +0800, Kelvin Ng Chee Hoong wrote:
> > Hi ;
> > My FreeBSD seems infected by worm virus . could somebody tell how to
> > clean such virus . Where can I get anti-virus software for FreeBSD ? Please
> > advise .....
>
>The only likely way your system might have been infected with a worm
>is if you have security vulnerabilities which you have failed to
>patch. Once you're infected the only safe way to recover is to wipe
>the disk and reinstall; it's too easy for attackers to hide backdoors
>in the system which will let them get back in even after you repair
>the initial security vulnerability.
>
>Kris
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