.kozo Moblin’s dirty secret!
by subacati
Being Naturally paranoid, I'm constantly checking for hidden files and directories that aren't meant to be there. So when I found a hidden directory, .kozo ,on my flashdrive I got a bit nervous! :insane:. Further inspection revealed that a directory called .koza was also present in my phone's memory card. On my phone it wasn't hidden because the S60 operating system, unlike linux, does not automatically hide filenames etc, that start with "." :left:.
So I googled, and I traced it to this review of moblin. :left:.
What scares me the most is that no mention of this secret directory is made anywhere else! This one review seems to be the only reference to this directory! :insane:.
Now this directory contains another directory called 'databases' which, in turn, contains a file with a filename that appears to be a random assortment of numbers and letters! Examining this file with a hex editor shows that it contains a directory tree of my entire system! :yikes:.
Now, these virtual file systems are used to navigate a storage device, such as a flash drive, more quickly. Hewlett Packard has a similar system in there Photosmart printers. :irked:.
But, at least, you can easily turn that off in the printer! :left:
What scares me the most, however, is that I could only find this one reference to this directory's existence! :yikes:.
subacati 
Now look through a window and tell us if you can see unmarked car parked across the street, with two persons inside looking toward you…:sherlock:
..:eyes: I don't know about IT qlue..:faint:But I made it…I'm the first..:lol:
@risis, :happy:.@Darko, I stay on the top of a hill in the middle of a sugarcane field! :p.
They don't need a car .. they're watching the only person to find the secret via satellite … :spock:
:happy: resistance is futile. You will be assimilated! :p
Have you ever seen those credit card sized cd's? :whistle:.Well, I'm surfing the net on one! :p.
Originally posted by qlue:
I got one from my bank. Wait…. :left: Do you want to say they know about all my transactions? :yikes:*transfers money to secret acounts*
Defend yourself! Put your phone into one of these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_coil
now that's a bit extreme. :p
LB writes:HeyI had the same problem but I fixed it :you have just to uninstall the bickley package which is guilty
Moblin is useless to me until they fix the network manager to work with my mobile! :whistle:.So I'm sticking with Ubuntu for now! :p.
Based on my latest Hitslink results, it Appears that Moblin's .kozo directory is scaring the bejeebers out of people All over the show! :lol:.
safe writes:Hi!The Mad scientistYou posted about .kozo virus write you are.But how is it possible to delete it permanently from my computer.Ps mail me at gseffi2010@gmail.comThank you
Try installing an operating system that's newer than two years old? :sherlock:.Moblin was very promising back then, but when IBM sold it to Nokia, they stopped developing it. :awww:.And it's not a virus, it's part of the operating system, a poorly conceived plan to speed up file access. :rolleyes:.