bin folder with a "check-home" file appeared in Home directory
On Thursday, May 03, 2012 01:51:20 AM Lucas L wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I recently noticed a new folder in my Home directory, with a file named
"check-home". File appears to be an executable but has no extension, an it is
20,7 KiB.
>
>
> I tried to open it with kate and, apart from the strange characters, close
to the end of the file I could read the following lines:
>
>
> /proc/self/exe .config/.check-home.pid /proc/%s/exe %d .tar CPUINFO=`cat
/proc/cpuinfo | grep 'model name'`;LSPCI=`lspci`;echo ${CPUINFO}${LSPCI} |
sha1sum | head -c 40 check-filesystem /proc/stat btime /bin/sh /bin/busybox
test4.lnx-ads.com test6.lnx-ads.com UDP
> -c /dev/urandom .local tcp udp /etc/services � � � �
/etc/hosts DNSCACHEIP /etc/resolv.conf nameserver search domain
/etc/passwd
>
>
> Does anybody know something about this file? Is it dangerous or should I
delete it?
> Thanks in advance,
> Lucas
>
What folder has this? Some application must have created this when it was first
run, that folder name will be the clue. I don't have such a file myself.
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05-03-2012, 06:19 AM
George Dvorak
bin folder with a "check-home" file appeared in Home directory
On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 10:51 PM, Clay Weber <clay@claydoh.com> wrote:
On Thursday, May 03, 2012 01:51:20 AM Lucas L wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I recently noticed a new folder in my Home directory, with a file named
"check-home". File appears to be an executable but has no extension, an it is
20,7 KiB.
>
>
> I tried to open it with kate and, apart from the strange characters, close
to the end of the file I could read the following lines:
I have an executable file also /proc/self/exe. What causes you to worry
about this file?
Sorry, I think I *wasn't clear enough. Yesterday night I opened my Home and found this new folder, called "bin", with a file inside called "check-home". To make it clear, what appeared is /home/user/bin/check-home.*
I googled it and only found a result in a Linux-Mint forum, but the user with the same problem din't get an answer.*
So I'm trying to figure out what is it about, and if it could be some kind of malware.*
Thanks,Lucas
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05-03-2012, 11:30 PM
Clay Weber
bin folder with a "check-home" file appeared in Home directory
> On Thursday, May 03, 2012 11:37:18 AM Lucas L wrote:
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> Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 23:23:03 -0700
> From: George Dvorak <gldvorak@gmail.com>
> To: Kubuntu user technical support <kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com>
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> I have an executable file also /proc/self/exe. What causes you to worry
> about this file?
>
>
>
>
> Sorry, I think I wasn't clear enough. Yesterday night I opened my Home and
found this new folder, called "bin", with a file inside called "check-home". To
make it clear, what appeared is /home/user/bin/check-home.
>
>
> I googled it and only found a result in a Linux-Mint forum, but the user
with the same problem din't get an answer.
>
>
> So I'm trying to figure out what is it about, and if it could be some kind of
malware.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Lucas
>
Have you installed something manually via a script or installer other than a
deb file?
Some games that get installed to your home dir (ie as user and not system-
wide) and not requiring sudo can add directories like this. It can mirror your
root folder heirarchy a little. A game may install an executable file in such a
~/bin folder, for example. It is safe to remove, as it is not a system file,
but obviously whatever you installed that needs it may not.
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