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razvanp
Aspirant
Mar 24, 2023

Antivirus scanner found a threat ( Win.Worm.VB-5) in the file /var/cores/core-systemd. Please delete

I do have a ReadyNas Ultra 6 - RNDU6000 NAS. It has been upgraded to firmware 6.10.8.

I am getting following message: "Antivirus scanner found a threat ( Win.Worm.VB-5) in the file /var/cores/core-systemd. Please delete the infected file soon".

Antivirus has been enabled and it is running.

Does anyone know how to access and clean up the file?

 

Thank you.

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  • There is little chance that a Windows virus infected that Linux system file.  It is most likely a false alarm, though you are the first to report it.  Since it's a system file, you definitely don't want to delete it.  You could do an OS re-install, though I'm not 100% sure that will overwrite that file with a fresh one.

    • StephenB's avatar
      StephenB
      Guru - Experienced User

      Sandshark wrote:

      It is most likely a false alarm, though you are the first to report it. 

      razvanp :

       


      Sandshark wrote:

      Since it's a system file, you definitely don't want to delete it.  


      /var/cores/core-systemd is a core dump, not a system file.  It is safe to delete anything in /var/cores (but don't delete the folder itself).

      • razvanp's avatar
        razvanp
        Aspirant

        Thank you StephenB and Sandshark. I have reported to the AV company. 

        Not sure how to access those folders on the NAS side.

         

        Best regards,

        Razvan

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