Should I Be Concerned About this?

[cousinlucky]

I just ran a rkhunter scan on my 8.04 os and I am wondering if I should be worried about this log entry:

Performing filesystem checks
[20:39:42] Info: Starting test name 'filesystem'
[20:39:42] Info: SCAN_MODE_DEV set to 'THOROUGH'
[20:39:50] Checking /dev for suspicious file types [ Warning ]
[20:39:50] Warning: Suspicious file types found in /dev:
[20:39:50] /dev/shm/pulse-shm-1137465541: data
[20:39:51] Checking for hidden files and directories [ Warning ]
[20:39:51] Warning: Hidden directory found: /etc/.java
[20:39:51] Warning: Hidden directory found: /dev/.static
[20:39:51] Warning: Hidden directory found: /dev/.udev
[20:39:51] Warning: Hidden directory found: /dev/.initramfs

Thanks!!

[MikeTbob]

Just at a glance, nope. I see nothing of concern here.

[devils casper]

I agree with MikeTbob. Warnings about pulse-shm and other hidden folders listed in your post are just false alarms.

[cousinlucky]

Thanks Gentlemen!! My computer has been experiencing short freezes lately and I've been disconnecting the phone line.
I do not know if something is in my computer or if my computer is being scanned so I pull out the phone jack and turn
off my external modem and when my computer unfreezes I go back on the Internet.

[MASONTX]

While not common, linux virus are possible. have you installed clamav?

[cousinlucky]

Although clamav is listed in my synaptic package manager it is unavailable. Is there some where else to download it?

I tried here using the terminal;sudo aptitude install clamav clamav-daemon clamav-freshclam

with the result below:

Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/universe clamav-base 0.96.5+dfsg-1ubuntu1~hardy1
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.169 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/universe libclamav6 0.96.5+dfsg-1ubuntu1~hardy1
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.169 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/universe clamav-freshclam 0.96.5+dfsg-1ubuntu1~hardy1
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.169 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/universe clamav 0.96.5+dfsg-1ubuntu1~hardy1
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.169 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/universe clamav-daemon 0.96.5+dfsg-1ubuntu1~hardy1
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.169 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...ardy1_all.deb: 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.169 80]

[MASONTX]

That's the only place I know of. Most distro's have a clamav in their library. Try this:Clam AntiVirus

[cousinlucky]

Your link is unavailable Mason!

[MASONTX]

Worked for me, but try this one: Clam AntiVirus or http://www.clamav.net/lang/en/

[MASONTX]

Not sure how you tried to download, or which clam package you clicked on, but when I was able to get to my Ubuntu computer, I checked the repository. Do a search for clamav, and there are a lot of clam packages which come up, the one you want is just plain clamav, not freshclam or one of the others. Hope that helps. I have never had trouble downloading it in Ubuntu, xbuntu, mint or lubuntu.