Posted: 11/17/2013 4:07:05 PM EDT
FBI ransom lock in firefox in ubuntu....
Yes, a porn site..... WTF? |
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One of the benefits of Nofap is that your computer is less prone to infection.
http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1531722_Fapping_ruining_your_sex_life_____Try_NO_FAP_.html |
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up until now Trojan.Ransomlock.R, the latest version of the FBI Ransom virus, has been Windows based. It drops files into the 'User" folder and makes changes to the registry in Windows.
You might be the subject of a browser hijack made to look like the virus and Firefox is shayt. Rename".Mozilla" to ".Mozilla.Backup' (mv .mozilla/ .mozilla.save/ then reboot. Install "NoScript". Java plug-ins are shyat, even IceTea can be exploited. Stay away from da porn sites if you log into your distro as Root - that makes it easier for browser hijacking to occur. |
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If you are going to surf porn, use a disc based OS, not one on a HD. /thread Know how I know a lot of you guys are in to some seriously fucked up porn? Because a bootable CD is useful for many other things as well? Hell, if I want porn I just drag the cam out and video the ol' lady. 
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Linux isn't virus proof, it's just relatively less virus prone. This is mostly due to the fact that almost no one uses it, so nobody takes the time to write viruses for it. There's truth here. Linux is *generally* less prone to virus infection than the vast majority of Windoze installations for permissions reasons, if no other. Security through obscurity is also a handy tool. Linux, in it's entirety, was only ~8 percent of desktop market share, last I checked. If your goal is to infect the maximum number of boxen, you don't write code for a segment of the population that is a) generally more savvy than your average user and b) represents a statisically insignificant portion of installed desktops. I use Linux as my daily environment. You can make it *very* secure but, you can't make any environment "virus proof." |
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Quoted: Surf from inside a virtual machine (VM). If you happen to pick up some malware, just delete the VM and create a new one. Quoted: Quoted: Learn to whack throughvisualization virtualization. Surf from inside a virtual machine (VM). If you happen to pick up some malware, just delete the VM and create a new one. what I do |
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Quoted: Surf from inside a virtual machine (VM). If you happen to pick up some malware, just delete the VM and create a new one. Quoted: Quoted: Learn to whack throughvisualization virtualization. Surf from inside a virtual machine (VM). If you happen to pick up some malware, just delete the VM and create a new one. MY GOD you guys are light years ahead in whacking technology. Much to learn I still have. |
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That's not a virus, and it sounds like it wasn't able to do anything except to your Firefox profile. In other words, no infection. I don't know that anyone (credible) has claimed Linux is "virus proof" but its design makes it a lot less susceptible, as does it's desktop market share. There have been root exploits in the past that would let you write a virus for Linux, but they aren't that common or really worth bothering with. |
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Applications>System tools>Processes>select Firefox>end process>OK shut firefox down like this It will shut it down and won't come back until you infect yourself again another time from watching your nasty porn. Uh, there are much better ways than pawing around with a mouse.
ps -ef | grep firefox | awk '{print $2}' | xargs kill -9 or killall -9 firefox |