Re: Strange files in /var

From: 1 bit (nomail_at_tnx.org)
Date: 03/06/05


Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2005 15:58:15 GMT

Mike Oliver wrote:

> Allodoxaphobia wrote:
>> On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 17:34:08 -0600, Mike Oliver wrote:
>>> oliver@zermelo:/var$ cat total.costs.Dec-2004
>>> # This file contains the total price to pay to your Telecompany in
>>> # Dec. I hope that this price below isn't too expensive for you :)
>>> # hehe
>>>
>>> total cost () = 0.00
>>>
>>>The other file is similar. Any idea what it means? Kind of
>>>has a hackerish sound to it, but chkrootkit shows nothing to
>>>speak of.
>>
>>
>> You're running a ppp dialer, aren't you?
>
> Oh! Not per se; I usually use a direct ethernet
> DSL connection. But when I was visiting my
> Mom in December I used PPPoE (still no dialer).
> You think that has something to do with it?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike

may you post the ls -al of /var and the full output of text contained in the
files created in the same date of this 2 files, pls?

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