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.kozo Moblin's dirty secret!

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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! scared. 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! scared.
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.

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Comments

Angel Jrisis1977 Thursday, October 15, 2009 8:06:58 AM

..bigeyes I don't know about IT qlue..faint
But I made it...
I'm the first..lol

Darkogdare Thursday, October 15, 2009 8:32:05 AM

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

Mad Scientistqlue Thursday, October 15, 2009 9:02:14 AM

@risis, happy.
@Darko, I stay on the top of a hill in the middle of a sugarcane field! p.

Cleanclean Thursday, October 15, 2009 9:34:40 AM

They don't need a car .. they're watching the only person to find the secret via satellite ... spock

H82typ Thursday, October 15, 2009 10:56:10 AM

happy resistance is futile. You will be assimilated! p

Mad Scientistqlue Thursday, October 15, 2009 4:44:39 PM

Have you ever seen those credit card sized cd's? whistle.
Well, I'm surfing the net on one! p.

Darkogdare Thursday, October 15, 2009 5:37:09 PM

Originally posted by qlue:

Have you ever seen those credit card sized cd's?


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*

Shaunak DeShaunak Saturday, October 17, 2009 1:08:41 AM

Defend yourself! Put your phone into one of these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_coil

Mad Scientistqlue Saturday, October 17, 2009 7:32:31 PM

now that's a bit extreme. p

Anonymous Friday, February 26, 2010 4:56:53 PM

LB writes: Hey I had the same problem but I fixed it : you have just to uninstall the bickley package which is guilty

Mad Scientistqlue Friday, February 26, 2010 5:40:50 PM

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.

Mad Scientistqlue Monday, September 13, 2010 12:47:24 AM

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.

Anonymous Saturday, June 18, 2011 3:45:18 AM

safe writes: Hi!The Mad scientist You 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.com Thank you

Mad Scientistqlue Saturday, June 18, 2011 2:36:26 PM

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.

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