On Fri, 20 Oct 2023 12:00:02 +0100 main-request@lists.alug.org.uk wrote:
Adam,
Thanks for replying!
Have you ever saved or copied a browser cache onto this stick?
No, this is the puzzling thing. I only seem to recall having used it on Debian. I've only used it to put some files on it which I then accessed from my laptop, which is also Debian. So I cannot think where these can have come from. I am wondering if possibly they were on the stick itself when I bought it.
They are not going to be able to do anything in Linux, are they?
I have also checked online and found a couple of similar trojans which MS AV says it detects, so they sound like Windows trojans.
I am thinking now of having clamav run all night on my total Debian hard drive, in recursive mode. That ought to detect them, do you think, if they are on it? Is there anything else you would do?
My laptop is dual boot, windows and Debian, so I will boot to windows and then run the MS AV in windows. I suppose run ClamAV in Debian after that.
What a pain. But in Windows it would probably be a lot more than just a pain.
Peter