[RESOLVED] Virus removal problem

I am running Zorin 8 and ran a virus check on the computer yesterday as I'd been experiencing problems with e-mails. ClamTk found 8 possible threats. Two I have been able to remove, but two cannot be deleted. They are:-

Found 6 possible threats (284478 files scanned).

/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/wine/fakedlls/comctl32.dll PUA.Win32.Packer.PrivateExeProte-7
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/wine/fakedlls/clock.exe PUA.Win32.Packer.PrivateExeProte-7
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/wine/fakedlls/user32.dll PUA.Win32.Packer.PrivateExeProte-7
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/wine/fakedlls/comctl32.dll PUA.Win32.Packer.PrivateExeProte-7
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/wine/fakedlls/clock.exe PUA.Win32.Packer.PrivateExeProte-7
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/wine/fakedlls/user32.dll PUA.Win32.Packer.PrivateExeProte-7

I've tried logging in as root using gksudo nautilus but I haven't been able to remove these files. I don't use Wine so I'm not concerned about the program.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated. I've used Zorin for years but I've little technical knowledge so I need a fairly simple explanation. Thank you.

Hi, if you don't use Wine there is no point having it on the machine so open a terminal (Menu | Accessories | Terminal) and enter:

Code:

sudo apt-get purge wine

Hopefully, the removal of wine will also get rid of your viruses - bear in mind, they cannot do any harm to your GNU/Linux install but if you were running Windows Applications under WINE you would probably end up with damaged Windows Apps!

If they are still showing up, make sure you are 'off-line' - not connected to the internet - open a terminal and enter:

Code:

gksudo nautilus

then navigate to those folders (if they are still there after removing WINE) try deleting them.

Keep us posted.

Thank you for your suggestions Swarfendor437. Removing Wine didn't help so I had another go at removing the individual files as root. Nothing seemed to happen and after a while a message appeared saying fakedlls had stopped responding. I forced quit but could make no progress after that. Eventually, I discovered that a threat had been deleted that way, but I could only clear one at a time and had to re-boot after each one. Just login out and back in didn't work. I've cleared tham all now though. Thank you for you help.

Hi, thanks for keeping us posted on this - could you please PM the Admins on this so that they are aware?

AZorin and zorink.

Many thanks.

OK, ignore my last post. Take a look at what I found!:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2237002

and

http://askubuntu.com/questions/488649/c ... steam-file

also check out the hyperlinks in each of the above threads.

Also this:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/ ... ion/page-4