virus attack of fedora 14 system

[rajeshpowtr]

i ve got a message of virus attack on my system from mozilla regarding trojen horse viruses. how can i remove?? any probs with my net usage guide me

[leigh123linux]

Originally Posted by rajeshpowtr

i ve got a message of virus attack on my system from mozilla regarding trojen horse viruses. how can i remove?? any probs with my net usage guide me

Ignore it as the pop-ups are meant for Windoze users to frighten them into buying something they don't need.

[DBelton]

?? as far as I know, mozilla doesn't have the capability of scanning for a virus.

Are you certain it's not one of the websites that pops up a message saying your system is infected, and whatever you select to do it tries to put a virus on your system?

[rajeshpowtr]

thank u...suppose i erroneously clicked and virus infected. will it cause damage in fedora 14 or my net security and how can i remove

[beaker_]

Just delete it then. Like Leigh said, it's just crap to scare Windows users into buying more crap.

If you're really worried about it then install clamav and a front end if you like (clamgtk, gnome or klamav, kde):

su
yum install clamav clamgtk
exit

Besure to edit freshclam.conf and update the virus definitions:

su
freshclam
exit

Both clamgtk & klamav will then give you a pretty little gui. But it's primarily to protect your windows friends.

[geleimate]

A disadvantage An advantage of Fedora is that it doesn't run Windows executables (including viruses) by default. These pop-ups are aimed at Windows users (due to Windows's market share) and it's unlikely that they would infect your system.

[cymbaline42]

Originally Posted by rajeshpowtr

i ve got a message of virus attack on my system from mozilla regarding trojen horse viruses. how can i remove?? any probs with my net usage guide me

Install the following add-ons for safer browsing on Firefox:

1. Ad-block Plus (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir.../adblock-plus/)

2. WOT (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...browsing-tool/)

3. HTTPS Everywhere (https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere/)