Re: Constant Guard Service Alert

On 09/07/2014 12:40 PM, Doug wrote: On 09/07/2014 09:29 AM, Bat Phil wrote: When you say you got an "alert" do you mean an e-mail or an instant message type alert? /snip/ On 7 September 2014 13:55, Mickey > wrote: Then as a Linux user it does not apply

Re: Constant Guard Service Alert

On 09/07/2014 09:29 AM, Bat Phil wrote: When you say you got an "alert" do you mean an e-mail or an instant message type alert? /snip/ On 7 September 2014 13:55, Mickey > wrote: Then as a Linux user it does not apply to me or do I have to remove it an

Re: Constant Guard Service Alert

[posted to Community support for Fedora users & emailed] On Sat, 06 Sep 2014 18:39:46 -0400, Mickey wrote: > 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. With Comcast you can't run any server s

Re: Constant Guard Service Alert

When you say you got an "alert" do you mean an e-mail or an instant message type alert? The internet is full of so-called security companies who use these sort of tactics scare users into believing that they have a problem with their system, that usually doesn't actually exist, and that the soluti

Re: Constant Guard Service Alert

Then as a Linux user it does not apply to me or do I have to remove it and How ? On 09/06/2014 08:47 PM, Mark Bidewell wrote: Interesting, I got an alert at 6:33PM. My PCs are OSX, Linux Mint and SolydXK with assorted VMs. I'm scanning, but I wonder if there is a malfunction as the bot de

Re: Constant Guard Service Alert

Interesting, I got an alert at 6:33PM. My PCs are OSX, Linux Mint and SolydXK with assorted VMs. I'm scanning, but I wonder if there is a malfunction as the bot detected was Windows related. Go to: https://amibotted.comcast.net/. My output reads: Bot Notes: Threat behaviors:

Re: Constant Guard Service Alert

On Saturday, September 06, 2014 06:39:46 PM Mickey wrote: > 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 ? Mayb

Re: Constant Guard Service Alert

There are rootkits on linux. I have removed several, generally people break in via bad password on an account, the ones I have dealt with did not get into root. They appeared to at least be contained in a user account. If you are know what is normal in ps you can see the extra processes and

Re: Constant Guard Service Alert

On 09/06/2014 04:53 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: On Sat, 06 Sep 2014 18:39:46 -0400 Mickey wrote: 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. I'm pretty sure comcast bought some software written by the

Re: Constant Guard Service Alert

On Sat, 06 Sep 2014 18:39:46 -0400 Mickey wrote: > 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. I'm pretty sure comcast bought some software written by the CEOs nephew that looks for things like bi

Re: Constant Guard Service Alert

On 09/06/2014 03:39 PM, Mickey wrote: 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. I followed that link, then used their search bar to look for Linux: 0 results found. I can't say that you don't h

Constant Guard Service Alert

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