[SOLVED] Just been HACKED!

General Discussion
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sudo apt-get remove --purge vino

Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libkface-data mate-netspeed libkvkontakte1 libkface1 kipi-plugins-common
libswt-gtk-3-jni libopencv-legacy2.3 libkeybinder0 python-mate-menu mozo
libswt-cairo-gtk-3-jni linux-headers-3.2.0-49 python-keybinder
mate-user-share mate-text-editor firefox-globalmenu mate-bluetooth
libcommons-cli-java java-wrappers libmediawiki1 libopencv-video2.3
digikam-data libswt-gtk-3-java libswt-gnome-gtk-3-jni libmatebluetooth
mate-sensors-applet mate-window-manager mate-system-tools
libmatesensorsappletplugin libcommons-lang-java liferea-data libkgeomap-data
libkgeomap1 linux-headers-3.2.0-49-generic liblog4j1.2-java
libswt-webkit-gtk-3-jni
Use ‘apt-get autoremove’ to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED
gnome* gnome-core* vino*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 3 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
After this operation, 682 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?

I don’t wan’t to remove Gnome!

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See your PM’'s IMMEDIATELY

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Problem solved (via PM) … password now set in the vino VNC server that was running.

Info on how to set a password in the vino server (if you’re running it) here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VNC/Servers#vino

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I was told that Linux does not need a firewall. I notice there are firewalls for Ubuntu download. Would it be safer to install one, if so which one ?

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Which idiot told you that ?!

You might find that they meant “Linux doesn’t need an anti-virus program”, or possibly “your” [Linux] computer doesn’t need a firewall.

If your machine is on the end of an ADSL line, behind a NAT router - then you don’t really need a firewall, because the router is effectively a firewall. Unless of course you don’t trust the router … I guess it depends on how paranoid you are / what you keep on your PC (!)