On 14/02/2021 21.52, DennisG wrote:
On 2/14/21 2:40 PM, Doug McGarrett wrote:
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What should I be doing to get all this done, neatly and cleanly?
Before you go: There MAY be a problem with the eset AV program. Is this something (which I paid for) that I have to eliminate, and if so, what can I replace it with? It seemed that before I went for eset I tried to install something free, but unsuccessfully.
Sorry for the long post, but you folks have been a big help to this newbie to OpenSUSE, and I hope you will do so again. Thank you!
I agree with Lew, you don't need to reinstall just yet.
The first likelihood is a conflict arising from the ESET driver. Products like NOD32 use a low-level driver which not only interrogates new files/mail/etc. for viruses but also hooks into processes used by apps. The version you have may have been installed incorrectly (I suspect this is your problem, with preload - see links I sent previous), but it may also be a bug (as was the case in one of the links) or it may be an incompatibility causing a service like d-bus to choke.
If trying the preload fix is too challenging, then just uninstall and request a refund.
If you really feel you need an antivirus on openSUSE, you should take a look at clamav. It provides a scanning daemon for file checking but IIRC it doesn't have the low-level hooks. It definitely does not include intrusion detection.
Aide is for intrusion detection and IIRC is based on SELinux. Rkhunter I think is an on-demand scanner for rootkits and backdoors. These are fairly advanced tools. Before going down either path you probably should take a look at AppArmor first.
Please have a look at the "attack" described at the link to previous conversations, and then recommend a course of action: Archived-At: https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/support@lists.opensuse.org/message/... Specifically: https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/support@lists.opensuse.org/message/... and https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/support@lists.opensuse.org/message/... -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)