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Yep, booting from external media is the right thing to do, then I'd start with filesystem integrity check, then run rkhunter, all from that external media.
Chromebook means it's running Chrome OS? From what I know it's similar to Android, could be wrong though.
The Acer C720 is so old (very few Android apps) , does not get updates anymore. The Chrome Browser
is at version 76. something, so it's a sitting duck. My only defence is keeping doing factory resets.
I disabled my touchpad but my screen is freezing. What could be the reason for this?
Last time I had such a problem it turned out that my HDD was defective, I ran
Code:
smartctl -d auto -t long /dev/sda
and the results showed that the drive was indeed logging errors. All you have posted so far points to a hardware defect. Trojans want to stay hidden and stealthy, this is a well known fact since a few millenia. So it is highly unlikely that this behaviour is the result of a trojan infection.
Probably have a stuck key either on laptop or your ext stuff. Is the ext stuff wireless or wired?
Boot it with a Slax liveCD, does the random crap still happen (w/ and w/o your ext stuff)? <-- there you will have your answer as to where to look next.
My external hardware is all wired. I burned Slax on a USB drive using UNetbootin, but the USB is not showing in the Boot menu and also in BIOS.
I managed to install rkhunter and scanned the laptop, this is the result:
Code:
user@Lenovo-ideapad-110-17IKB:~$ sudo rkhunter --check
[sudo] password for user:
[ Rootkit Hunter version 1.4.6 ]
Checking system commands...
Performing 'strings' command checks
Checking 'strings' command [ OK ]
Performing 'shared libraries' checks
Checking for preloading variables [ None found ]
Checking for preloaded libraries [ None found ]
Checking LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable [ Not found ]
Performing file properties checks
Checking for prerequisites [ OK ]
/usr/local/bin/rkhunter [ OK ]
/usr/sbin/adduser [ Warning ]
/usr/sbin/chroot [ OK ]
/usr/sbin/cron [ OK ]
/usr/sbin/groupadd [ OK ]
/usr/sbin/groupdel [ OK ]
/usr/sbin/groupmod [ OK ]
/usr/sbin/grpck [ OK ]
/usr/sbin/nologin [ OK ]
/usr/sbin/pwck [ OK ]
/usr/sbin/rsyslogd [ OK ]
/usr/sbin/useradd [ OK ]
/usr/sbin/userdel [ OK ]
/usr/sbin/usermod [ OK ]
/usr/sbin/vipw [ OK ]
/usr/bin/awk [ OK ]
/usr/bin/basename [ OK ]
/usr/bin/chattr [ OK ]
/usr/bin/cut [ OK ]
/usr/bin/diff [ OK ]
/usr/bin/dirname [ OK ]
/usr/bin/dpkg [ OK ]
/usr/bin/dpkg-query [ OK ]
/usr/bin/du [ OK ]
/usr/bin/env [ OK ]
/usr/bin/file [ OK ]
/usr/bin/find [ OK ]
/usr/bin/GET [ OK ]
/usr/bin/groups [ OK ]
/usr/bin/head [ OK ]
/usr/bin/id [ OK ]
/usr/bin/ipcs [ OK ]
/usr/bin/killall [ OK ]
/usr/bin/last [ OK ]
/usr/bin/lastlog [ OK ]
/usr/bin/ldd [ Warning ]
/usr/bin/less [ OK ]
/usr/bin/locate [ OK ]
/usr/bin/logger [ OK ]
/usr/bin/lsattr [ OK ]
/usr/bin/lsof [ OK ]
/usr/bin/mail [ OK ]
/usr/bin/md5sum [ OK ]
/usr/bin/mlocate [ OK ]
/usr/bin/newgrp [ OK ]
/usr/bin/passwd [ OK ]
/usr/bin/perl [ OK ]
/usr/bin/pgrep [ OK ]
/usr/bin/pkill [ OK ]
/usr/bin/pstree [ OK ]
/usr/bin/runcon [ OK ]
/usr/bin/sha1sum [ OK ]
/usr/bin/sha224sum [ OK ]
/usr/bin/sha256sum [ OK ]
/usr/bin/sha384sum [ OK ]
/usr/bin/sha512sum [ OK ]
/usr/bin/size [ OK ]
/usr/bin/sort [ OK ]
/usr/bin/ssh [ OK ]
/usr/bin/stat [ OK ]
/usr/bin/strace [ OK ]
/usr/bin/strings [ OK ]
/usr/bin/sudo [ OK ]
/usr/bin/tail [ OK ]
/usr/bin/telnet [ OK ]
/usr/bin/test [ OK ]
/usr/bin/top [ OK ]
/usr/bin/touch [ OK ]
/usr/bin/tr [ OK ]
/usr/bin/uniq [ OK ]
/usr/bin/users [ OK ]
/usr/bin/vmstat [ OK ]
/usr/bin/w [ OK ]
/usr/bin/watch [ OK ]
/usr/bin/wc [ OK ]
/usr/bin/wget [ OK ]
/usr/bin/whatis [ OK ]
/usr/bin/whereis [ OK ]
/usr/bin/which [ OK ]
/usr/bin/who [ OK ]
/usr/bin/whoami [ OK ]
/usr/bin/numfmt [ OK ]
/usr/bin/mawk [ OK ]
/usr/bin/lwp-request [ Warning ]
/usr/bin/bsd-mailx [ OK ]
/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-size [ OK ]
/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-strings [ OK ]
/usr/bin/telnet.netkit [ OK ]
/usr/bin/w.procps [ OK ]
/sbin/depmod [ OK ]
/sbin/fsck [ OK ]
/sbin/ifdown [ OK ]
/sbin/ifup [ OK ]
/sbin/init [ OK ]
/sbin/insmod [ OK ]
/sbin/ip [ OK ]
/sbin/lsmod [ OK ]
/sbin/modinfo [ OK ]
/sbin/modprobe [ OK ]
/sbin/rmmod [ OK ]
/sbin/runlevel [ OK ]
/sbin/sulogin [ OK ]
/sbin/sysctl [ OK ]
/bin/bash [ OK ]
/bin/cat [ OK ]
/bin/chmod [ OK ]
/bin/chown [ OK ]
/bin/cp [ OK ]
/bin/date [ OK ]
/bin/df [ OK ]
/bin/dmesg [ OK ]
/bin/echo [ OK ]
/bin/ed [ OK ]
/bin/egrep [ Warning ]
/bin/fgrep [ Warning ]
/bin/fuser [ OK ]
/bin/grep [ OK ]
/bin/ip [ OK ]
/bin/kill [ OK ]
/bin/less [ OK ]
/bin/login [ OK ]
/bin/ls [ OK ]
/bin/lsmod [ OK ]
/bin/mktemp [ OK ]
/bin/more [ OK ]
/bin/mount [ OK ]
/bin/mv [ OK ]
/bin/ping [ OK ]
/bin/ps [ OK ]
/bin/pwd [ OK ]
/bin/readlink [ OK ]
/bin/sed [ OK ]
/bin/sh [ OK ]
/bin/su [ OK ]
/bin/touch [ OK ]
/bin/uname [ OK ]
/bin/which [ Warning ]
/bin/kmod [ OK ]
/bin/systemd [ OK ]
/bin/systemctl [ OK ]
/bin/dash [ OK ]
/lib/systemd/systemd [ OK ]
/etc/rkhunter.conf [ OK ]
[Press <ENTER> to continue]
Checking for rootkits...
Performing check of known rootkit files and directories
55808 Trojan - Variant A [ Not found ]
ADM Worm [ Not found ]
AjaKit Rootkit [ Not found ]
Adore Rootkit [ Not found ]
aPa Kit [ Not found ]
Apache Worm [ Not found ]
Ambient (ark) Rootkit [ Not found ]
Balaur Rootkit [ Not found ]
BeastKit Rootkit [ Not found ]
beX2 Rootkit [ Not found ]
BOBKit Rootkit [ Not found ]
cb Rootkit [ Not found ]
CiNIK Worm (Slapper.B variant) [ Not found ]
Danny-Boy's Abuse Kit [ Not found ]
Devil RootKit [ Not found ]
Diamorphine LKM [ Not found ]
Dica-Kit Rootkit [ Not found ]
Dreams Rootkit [ Not found ]
Duarawkz Rootkit [ Not found ]
Ebury backdoor [ Not found ]
Enye LKM [ Not found ]
Flea Linux Rootkit [ Not found ]
Fu Rootkit [ Not found ]
Fuck`it Rootkit [ Not found ]
GasKit Rootkit [ Not found ]
Heroin LKM [ Not found ]
HjC Kit [ Not found ]
ignoKit Rootkit [ Not found ]
IntoXonia-NG Rootkit [ Not found ]
Irix Rootkit [ Not found ]
Jynx Rootkit [ Not found ]
Jynx2 Rootkit [ Not found ]
KBeast Rootkit [ Not found ]
Kitko Rootkit [ Not found ]
Knark Rootkit [ Not found ]
ld-linuxv.so Rootkit [ Not found ]
Li0n Worm [ Not found ]
Lockit / LJK2 Rootkit [ Not found ]
Mokes backdoor [ Not found ]
Mood-NT Rootkit [ Not found ]
MRK Rootkit [ Not found ]
Ni0 Rootkit [ Not found ]
Ohhara Rootkit [ Not found ]
Optic Kit (Tux) Worm [ Not found ]
Oz Rootkit [ Not found ]
Phalanx Rootkit [ Not found ]
Phalanx2 Rootkit [ Not found ]
Phalanx2 Rootkit (extended tests) [ Not found ]
Portacelo Rootkit [ Not found ]
R3dstorm Toolkit [ Not found ]
RH-Sharpe's Rootkit [ Not found ]
RSHA's Rootkit [ Not found ]
Scalper Worm [ Not found ]
Sebek LKM [ Not found ]
Shutdown Rootkit [ Not found ]
SHV4 Rootkit [ Not found ]
SHV5 Rootkit [ Not found ]
Sin Rootkit [ Not found ]
Slapper Worm [ Not found ]
Sneakin Rootkit [ Not found ]
'Spanish' Rootkit [ Not found ]
Suckit Rootkit [ Not found ]
Superkit Rootkit [ Not found ]
TBD (Telnet BackDoor) [ Not found ]
TeLeKiT Rootkit [ Not found ]
T0rn Rootkit [ Not found ]
trNkit Rootkit [ Not found ]
Trojanit Kit [ Not found ]
Tuxtendo Rootkit [ Not found ]
URK Rootkit [ Not found ]
Vampire Rootkit [ Not found ]
VcKit Rootkit [ Not found ]
Volc Rootkit [ Not found ]
Xzibit Rootkit [ Not found ]
zaRwT.KiT Rootkit [ Not found ]
ZK Rootkit [ Not found ]
[Press <ENTER> to continue]
Performing additional rootkit checks
Suckit Rootkit additional checks [ OK ]
Checking for possible rootkit files and directories [ None found ]
Checking for possible rootkit strings [ None found ]
Performing malware checks
Checking running processes for suspicious files [ None found ]
Checking for login backdoors [ None found ]
Checking for sniffer log files [ None found ]
Checking for suspicious directories [ None found ]
Checking for suspicious (large) shared memory segments [ Warning ]
Performing Linux specific checks
Checking loaded kernel modules [ OK ]
Checking kernel module names [ OK ]
[Press <ENTER> to continue]
Checking the network...
Performing checks on the network ports
Checking for backdoor ports [ None found ]
Performing checks on the network interfaces
Checking for promiscuous interfaces [ None found ]
Checking the local host...
Performing system boot checks
Checking for local host name [ Found ]
Checking for system startup files [ Found ]
Checking system startup files for malware [ None found ]
Performing group and account checks
Checking for passwd file [ Found ]
Checking for root equivalent (UID 0) accounts [ None found ]
Checking for passwordless accounts [ None found ]
Checking for passwd file changes [ None found ]
Checking for group file changes [ None found ]
Checking root account shell history files [ OK ]
Performing system configuration file checks
Checking for an SSH configuration file [ Not found ]
Checking for a running system logging daemon [ Found ]
Checking for a system logging configuration file [ Found ]
Checking if syslog remote logging is allowed [ Not allowed ]
Performing filesystem checks
Checking /dev for suspicious file types [ None found ]
Checking for hidden files and directories [ Warning ]
[Press <ENTER> to continue]
System checks summary
=====================
File properties checks...
Files checked: 143
Suspect files: 6
Rootkit checks...
Rootkits checked : 471
Possible rootkits: 2
Applications checks...
All checks skipped
The system checks took: 1 minute and 21 seconds
All results have been written to the log file: /var/log/rkhunter.log
One or more warnings have been found while checking the system.
Please check the log file (/var/log/rkhunter.log)
All results have been written to the log file: /var/log/rkhunter.log
One or more warnings have been found while checking the system.
Please check the log file (/var/log/rkhunter.log)
You should attach the log file /var/log/rkhunter.log. There should be more info about the warnings. Usually warnings are issued when rkhunter finds a script where it expected a binary. They should still be checked, though.
Last time I had such a problem it turned out that my HDD was defective, I ran
Code:
smartctl -d auto -t long /dev/sda
and the results showed that the drive was indeed logging errors. All you have posted so far points to a hardware defect. Trojans want to stay hidden and stealthy, this is a well known fact since a few millenia. So it is highly unlikely that this behaviour is the result of a trojan infection.
Code:
user@Lenovo-ideapad-110-17IKB:~$ sudo smartctl -d auto -t short /dev/sda
[sudo] password for user:
smartctl 6.6 2016-05-31 r4324 [x86_64-linux-5.4.0-65-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-16, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF OFFLINE IMMEDIATE AND SELF-TEST SECTION ===
Sending command: "Execute SMART Short self-test routine immediately in off-line mode".
Drive command "Execute SMART Short self-test routine immediately in off-line mode" successful.
Testing has begun.
Please wait 2 minutes for test to complete.
Test will complete after Sun Mar 28 13:15:05 2021
Use smartctl -X to abort test.
user@Lenovo-ideapad-110-17IKB:~$ sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda
smartctl 6.6 2016-05-31 r4324 [x86_64-linux-5.4.0-65-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-16, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Western Digital Blue Mobile
Device Model: WDC WD10JPCX-24UE4T0
Serial Number: WD-WX61A379DA0L
LU WWN Device Id: 5 0014ee 65ccf0f2f
Firmware Version: 01.01A01
User Capacity: 1.000.204.886.016 bytes [1,00 TB]
Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate: 5400 rpm
Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is: ACS-2 (minor revision not indicated)
SATA Version is: SATA 3.0, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is: Sun Mar 28 13:17:34 2021 CEST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status: (0x00) Offline data collection activity
was never started.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed
without error or no self-test has ever
been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: (17520) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
Suspend Offline collection upon new
command.
Offline surface scan supported.
Self-test supported.
Conveyance Self-test supported.
Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
power-saving mode.
Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported.
General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 196) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 5) minutes.
SCT capabilities: (0x7035) SCT Status supported.
SCT Feature Control supported.
SCT Data Table supported.
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 200 200 051 Pre-fail Always - 0
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 182 178 021 Pre-fail Always - 1883
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 096 096 000 Old_age Always - 4055
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 200 200 140 Pre-fail Always - 0
7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x002f 200 200 051 Pre-fail Always - 0
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 094 094 000 Old_age Always - 4469
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 1968
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 113
193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 195 195 000 Old_age Always - 16373
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 109 102 000 Old_age Always - 38
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0008 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0
240 Head_Flying_Hours 0x0032 094 094 000 Old_age Always - 4403
SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
# 1 Short offline Completed without error 00% 4469 -
# 2 Extended offline Aborted by host 90% 4469 -
SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
1 0 0 Not_testing
2 0 0 Not_testing
3 0 0 Not_testing
4 0 0 Not_testing
5 0 0 Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.
user@Lenovo-ideapad-110-17IKB:~$
You should attach the log file /var/log/rkhunter.log. There should be more info about the warnings. Usually warnings are issued when rkhunter finds a script where it expected a binary. They should still be checked, though.
^^
You should run the long test instead of the short:
Code:
smartctl -d auto -t long /dev/sda
It may take up to a few hours to complete. You say that this is a notebook, so I am assuming you only have one harddisk. If this notebook happens to have more than one hdd then you should run the tests for all harddisks.
^^
You should run the long test instead of the short:
Code:
smartctl -d auto -t long /dev/sda
It may take up to a few hours to complete. You say that this is a notebook, so I am assuming you only have one harddisk. If this notebook happens to have more than one hdd then you should run the tests for all harddisks.
Code:
user@Lenovo-ideapad-110-17IKB:~$ sudo smartctl -d auto -t long /dev/sda
[sudo] password for user:
smartctl 6.6 2016-05-31 r4324 [x86_64-linux-5.4.0-65-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-16, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF OFFLINE IMMEDIATE AND SELF-TEST SECTION ===
Sending command: "Execute SMART Extended self-test routine immediately in off-line mode".
Drive command "Execute SMART Extended self-test routine immediately in off-line mode" successful.
Testing has begun.
Please wait 196 minutes for test to complete.
Test will complete after Sun Mar 28 16:55:47 2021
Use smartctl -X to abort test.
user@Lenovo-ideapad-110-17IKB:~$ sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda
[sudo] password for user:
smartctl 6.6 2016-05-31 r4324 [x86_64-linux-5.4.0-65-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-16, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Western Digital Blue Mobile
Device Model: WDC WD10JPCX-24UE4T0
Serial Number: WD-WX61A379DA0L
LU WWN Device Id: 5 0014ee 65ccf0f2f
Firmware Version: 01.01A01
User Capacity: 1.000.204.886.016 bytes [1,00 TB]
Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate: 5400 rpm
Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is: ACS-2 (minor revision not indicated)
SATA Version is: SATA 3.0, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is: Sun Mar 28 17:22:29 2021 CEST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status: (0x00) Offline data collection activity
was never started.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed
without error or no self-test has ever
been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: (17520) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
Suspend Offline collection upon new
command.
Offline surface scan supported.
Self-test supported.
Conveyance Self-test supported.
Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
power-saving mode.
Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported.
General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 196) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 5) minutes.
SCT capabilities: (0x7035) SCT Status supported.
SCT Feature Control supported.
SCT Data Table supported.
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 200 200 051 Pre-fail Always - 0
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 182 178 021 Pre-fail Always - 1883
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 096 096 000 Old_age Always - 4055
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 200 200 140 Pre-fail Always - 0
7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x002f 200 200 051 Pre-fail Always - 0
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 094 094 000 Old_age Always - 4473
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 1968
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 113
193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 195 195 000 Old_age Always - 16373
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 112 102 000 Old_age Always - 35
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0008 200 200 000 Old_age Offline - 0
240 Head_Flying_Hours 0x0032 094 094 000 Old_age Always - 4407
SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
# 1 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 4472 -
# 2 Short offline Completed without error 00% 4469 -
# 3 Extended offline Aborted by host 90% 4469 -
SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
1 0 0 Not_testing
2 0 0 Not_testing
3 0 0 Not_testing
4 0 0 Not_testing
5 0 0 Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.
user@Lenovo-ideapad-110-17IKB:~$
Distribution: Ubuntu based stuff for the most part
Posts: 1,177
Rep:
I did not see any mention of the laptop model.
I know my touchpad is a bit touchy. (could not resist pun) It shows up by default as normal mouse so I cannot enable palm detection to stop the mouse from moving while typing, but when I change the drive to synapics the performance goes down and I lose some of the options. So I am getting used to typing and not resting my palms on the laptop.
I suspect it is the touchpad driver that is causing the OP problems. I also find it odd that he has Kali installed, but has not booted into it and used it to scan the offending machine. That is part of what it is for, is it not?
I know my touchpad is a bit touchy. (could not resist pun) It shows up by default as normal mouse so I cannot enable palm detection to stop the mouse from moving while typing, but when I change the drive to synapics the performance goes down and I lose some of the options. So I am getting used to typing and not resting my palms on the laptop.
I suspect it is the touchpad driver that is causing the OP problems. I also find it odd that he has Kali installed, but has not booted into it and used it to scan the offending machine. That is part of what it is for, is it not?
Yep, that was mentioned to the OP several times, but seemingly disregarded. And the OP claims to have little experience with systems/Linux, but has a laptop with four operating systems on it, one of which being Kali.
They ran a virus scan; nothing. Ran a rootkit hunter; nothing. But still don't seem to want to think about a flaky touchpad.
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