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(OT) CCleaner alert.
by William Mattison 19 Sep '17

19 Sep '17

Several months ago, I asked this list about ways of deleting and blocking ever-cookies. A few list members suggested "CCleaner". Today, I saw an article in the CNN Finance web site about a security breach at Piriform, the owner of "CCleaner". I pasted the text of the article below. I'm not asking anything here. I simply want list members who use "CCleaner" to be aware of this new issue so they can take appropriate measures. Bill. ========================= The latest security breach targeted British software firm Piriform, known for its free software CCleaner. Hackers compromised CCleaner in a sophisticated attack that affected over 2 million computers, security researchers and Piriform confirmed Monday. CCleaner deletes unneeded files and web browser caches to keep Windows computers free of junk. But hackers were able to successfully place malware into a new version, released in August. This allowed them to control infected computers. Piriform said in a blog post its parent company Avast discovered the hack affected two products -- CCleaner v5.33.6162 and CCleaner Cloud v1.07.3191 -- on September 12. The firm has since updated the software. The company said it worked with law enforcement to shut down the hacker's server "before any known harm was done." The breach could let hackers collect computer names, IP addresses, and lists of what software people use, but no sensitive data was collected, it added. Researchers from security firm Cisco Talos, which detected the hack, call it a "supply chain attack." Attackers got into the original computer system where the software was built, and those who downloaded would have no way of knowing their computer was compromised. Research indicated the hacker was collecting information, like reconnaissance, about infected computers, according to Talos researcher Craig Williams. In July, Avast acquired Piriform and said about 130 million people use CCleaner. "The malware works like a loader," Williams said. "The bad guy could take any kind of malware he wanted, like ransomware, and push that down to end users." The strategy is similar to the major global NotPetya attack in June that targeted Ukrainian tax software, Williams added. Hackers infected trusted software and people downloaded it without realizing it contained malware. Piriform advises Windows users to check if they are running compromised versions, delete the app, and install the new safe version. [the end]

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OT: unable to close my linked in account
by JD 18 Sep '17

18 Sep '17

After I login, I go to my account settings and go to https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/ From there, I select Closing your LinkedIn account Takes me to https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/account-management/close-submit where I am prompted to enter my password (with which I logged in). I enter my password. I check Unsubscribe me from LinkedIn email communications, including invitations. but the "Close Account", which is to the right of "Back to Settings", is faded and when I place the cursor over it, I get a small circle with a backslash in it, ala the no parking signs you see all over. So, how else can I close that account? I found no addresses for contacting Linkedin administrators. Thanx!!!

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gnome-terminal
by Patrick Dupre 18 Sep '17

18 Sep '17

Hello, When I run /usr/bin/gnome-terminal under fc26 (it was fine in fc24) from a gnome-terminal I get: Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused Failed to parse arguments: Cannot open display: Can I avoid the error ? Thank =========================================================================== Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdupre(a)gmx.com Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie de l'Atmosphère | | Université du Littoral-Côte d'Opale | | Tel. (33)-(0)3 28 23 76 12 | | Fax: 03 28 65 82 44 189A, avenue Maurice Schumann | | 59140 Dunkerque, France ===========================================================================

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Blue login sreen error FC25
by fedora2015 18 Sep '17

18 Sep '17

My 81 year old mother just texted me. Her FC25 boots up to a blue screen with a message saying "There is a software upgrade available." The message disappears and the screen remains blue. I am not there to see it. Any clues as to what is going on?

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xmodmap
by Patrick Dupre 17 Sep '17

17 Sep '17

Hello, On ly laptop, in fc24, I sued to do: xmodmap -e "keycode 112 = Prior KP_Home Prior KP_Home Prior Prior" to change the behavior of a key, but it does not work in fc26 (I have the same issue with xmodmap -e "keycode 112 = Prior (Home Prior Home Prior Prior") xev shows state 0x10, keycode 112 (keysym 0xff95, KP_Home), same_screen YES, XKeysymToKeycode returns keycode: 79 while the key which does the same shows: state 0x0, keycode 79 (keysym 0xff95, KP_Home), same_screen YES, What is wrong? Thank. =========================================================================== Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdupre(a)gmx.com Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie de l'Atmosphère | | Université du Littoral-Côte d'Opale | | Tel. (33)-(0)3 28 23 76 12 | | Fax: 03 28 65 82 44 189A, avenue Maurice Schumann | | 59140 Dunkerque, France ===========================================================================

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gnome
by Patrick Dupre 17 Sep '17

17 Sep '17

Hello, I knonw that many people do not like gnome (org)!! However, In fc26 I cannot remove the bottom panel Any idea. =========================================================================== Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdupre(a)gmx.com Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie de l'Atmosphère | | Université du Littoral-Côte d'Opale | | Tel. (33)-(0)3 28 23 76 12 | | Fax: 03 28 65 82 44 189A, avenue Maurice Schumann | | 59140 Dunkerque, France ===========================================================================

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Why size of Firefox package is double in Fedora and CentOS?
by Farhad Mohammadi Majd 17 Sep '17

17 Sep '17

Hello, in openSUSE, Debian and ubuntu, Firefox package has the size between 42-46MB, while in Fedora it is 89MB ! why? even official Mozilla builds of Firefox for Linux is 44-46MB.

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driver for epson WF-2760DWF
by Patrick Dupre 16 Sep '17

16 Sep '17

Hello, I would like to know if there is a driver (cups?) for a printer epson WF-2760DWF ? Thank. =========================================================================== Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdupre(a)gmx.com Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie de l'Atmosphère | | Université du Littoral-Côte d'Opale | | Tel. (33)-(0)3 28 23 76 12 | | Fax: 03 28 65 82 44 189A, avenue Maurice Schumann | | 59140 Dunkerque, France ===========================================================================

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Weird video glitch with nvidia drivers
by Tom Horsley 16 Sep '17

16 Sep '17

I've been noticing a weird and (I'm guessing) totally harmless video glitch lately. There is one spot on my screen a few hundred pixels diagonally down from the top left corner where a small remnant of my mouse pointer can sometimes be found flickering on an off. If I run the mouse over it, everything goes back to normal (I haven't yet determined exactly when it happens, but it sure seems like it always happens in the same place). I'm just wondering if anyone else has noticed anything like this happening? (Just curious, not trying to track down any technical issue :-).

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howto re-enable SELinux
by Gour 15 Sep '17

15 Sep '17

Hello! I was playing with some app (ZoneMinder) which recommends to disable SELinux, but solved my problem with the IP camera by using some app on my tablet and now would like to re-enable SELinux as it was initially configured. However, I cannot boot (without passing selinux=0) by just editing /etc/selinux/config so wonder what is correct/recommended way to re-enable SELinux on Fedora (f26)? Sincerely, Gour -- As a strong wind sweeps away a boat on the water, even one of the roaming senses on which the mind focuses can carry away a man's intelligence.

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