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..... Sucks.
That was 5 years ago, it's actually pretty decent now..
Btw, I was just trolling..
5 years ago it was alright as well, or even 10 for that matter.
It keeps trying to tell me that FileZilla is a Trojan.
Probably because FileZilla requires special access to personal files and WD probably knows It'll try to send them elsewhere
The things that trigger antivirus software aren't just hashes anymore, it's the behavior of the software on your machine.. That's why I said it's better now..
Weird how that doesn't happen for other FTP or file transfer apps.
Oh, wait... I just remembered... users have reported that Filezilla does by itself install malware/bundleware, unless you're very careful to untick some boxes during the installation... IT IS malicious that they install other stuff on your machine and it's hard for you to find what exactly they installed..
See the Negative reviews on Alternativeto
The detection happens with the update download, which does not have any bundled software. It also detects the installer that specifically does not have the option for installing bundled software.
There's got to be an explanation, it's either a false positive, or indeed malware.. Try to upload the file to VirusTotal and see what you get
I did that. VirusTotal came up clean.
It's likely a false positive.
if you're not at least running clamav you're gonna regret it!
I was just wondering, would immutable distros be even less affected than Unix systems in general?
depends.
is your bios writable?
do programs stay written to memory after cycle?
There is no security benefit with immutable Linux
Can you elaborate? Wouldn't malware need to install something which would not happen on an immutable?
Immutable distros can usually be set to mutable with the correct privileged command.
It's essentially security by obscurity. But I disagree with "no benefit". An infection miss through dumb luck is still a miss, after all.
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is that the goal with immutable distros? i thought they were primarily used for rollbacks.
/usr/bin/brain
bash: /usr/bin/brain: No such file or directory
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What anti-virus sudo you use?
SElinux is what you want
When you get to server levels it's about making sure the firewall rules are filtering correctly. Need external access for support, while blocking script kiddies attempts to gain ssh access. (Figuratively speaking)