On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Graham Hamblin wrote:

> I am using S.u.S.E. 7.0 Professional on a PC at home with a modem connection to
> the internet. If I invoke security in Netscape whatever is showing in the
> window and invoke Open Page Information there are two windows. In the top one
> is the page information but in the bottom one is the following text, "Whatchew
> talkin' 'bout, Willis?" and try as I may I cannot find it or get rid of it.

Well, although a few Linux viruses do exist, none of them are in the
wild. So I don't think you're infected with a Linux virus.
(note: the AVPVE contains some description of Linux viruses, see
http://www.avp.ch/avpve/otheros.stm). No (Linux) virus I'm aware of
displays such an message (well, please do not expect I have 50000+ virus
description in my memory ..:)).

> I am sorry I only know a little German. Antivir when executed without
> arguement on a new installation returns "Verzeichnisse 1" so I suspect I
> have a virus on my master boot sector and I have no idea how to deal with it
> effectively.

Hum, do we ship a german version of H+B EDV AntiVir on the international
SuSE Linux edition?!

No, AntiVir shows an short summary at the end, what you get is
(quick&dirty translated):

----- search results ---
directories scanned: 1
files scanned: ?
Infected: ?
time: ?
------------------------

Please have a look at http://www.hbedv.com/download/download.htm to get
the english edition of AntiVir. But H+BDV is not the only company offering
a virus scanner for Linux, e.g. NAI, F-Secure or Sophos.
(hehe, some of them even recommend AMaViS for doing virus scanning at your
eMail server *bg*)

HTH

best regards,
Rainer Link

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Rainer Link  |                SuSE - The Linux Experts
linksuse.de |    Developer of A Mail Virus Scanner (amavis.org)
www.suse.de  | Founder OpenAntiVirus Project (www.openantivirus.org)
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