[aclug-L] Repeat of virus warning

["Michael A. Holmes" <maholmes@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Since my first email is not showing up, I will repeat it.

Now my linux box is totally down.

last monnt, I downloaded varicad and put it in the root directory
Tonight I get an email from them.  When I opened it, a terminal window came 
up and the follownig was in it.:

>su
>my secret password was typed in and then accepted
root@/home/mike> fdisk /mbr
root@/home/mike>

at this point, my hard drive went nuts.  I pressed the power button.
whent I rebooted, it went into linux, but could not find /hda9 or 10 my 
/home and /stchuff drives.  Pine was the only email client I could pull up. 
 I tried to send this email.  But I see it never made it.  Now windows is 
the only thing left on the computer.  I cannot even get linux to come up.

How the (&&*%^ can this happen. I though linux was bullet proof.  When I 
put it in the root directory, did i give it root authority for some 
hiddenscript??

I am so pissed it is unreal.  I finally had sound and everything running.

Mike


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