[Virtual-pkg-base-maintainers] Bug#720452: base: Enter a package: 1-7, 11-12, 15, 26, 27 and 30.

[Frank Black]

Package: base
Severity: critical
Tags: d-i l10n lfs ipv6
Justification: breaks the whole system

Dear Maintainer,

I believe I have been infested with "vmlinuz" virtual Microknoppix ISOs and consistent
internet redirection (legit sites and untainted downloads are nearly impossible for me 
these days) for at least 13 months now, and possibly for several years or more. I 
only discovered I was living in a world of alternate URLs and framebuffer hell several
months ago and have since only managed to break one laptop free from its grip out of 
13 assorted computers/phones/DVD players, etc currently in my workshop.

My one success was gained after several days of intense battling of the framebuffer
 on an Asus laptop someone brought to me to repair. Using a combination of hot-plugs 
(I stuffed every usb port full of power sucking junk mice, keyboards etc.)
and unexpected power drains (suddenly remove plug/battery, CTRL-ALT-Delete flashing, 
etc.) and a Knoppix 7.0 live DVD, I managed to crash the framebuffer and regain 
control of the system. I was then sent an anonymous text file describing "orphans" and
 a worm originating in Turkey. I understood right away what that all meant and started
 exploring other devices around me. To my shock, nearly everything digital in my 
neighborhood appears to be an infected drone of sorts, including a lot of hardware 
I had simply thought to be broken (e.g. one of my Phillips DivX capable dvd players 
that still won't play discs because my 4 year old son inadvertantly cornered the worm 
that was living in it's screen and "settings menu," my "dumb phone" which I never even 
knew had bluetooth capabilities until they were exploited and my neighbors entire 
network (xbox, iphone, Macbook, etc. --I haven't told many people of this yet, as I'm 
trying to keep it maintained until I fully understand what exactly is going on.

I know that there are ways to manipulate the "gnu" wheezy ISOs I have (along with 
Knoppix discs) to shatter "vmlinuz" but am relatively new to UNIX based systems and 
would appreciate some detailed instructions on how to "glue" hard drives back together 
("partition one" I usually find split between the very start and end of the hard drive 
and hidden of course), build a REAL debian system from within the framebuffer and/or 
a method to navigate web browsers/burning software to actually aquire and create 
useful, NON-INFECTED programs and disc images. Any info or help would be greatly 
appreciated. Thank you for your time.

-Frank Black [author of the programs found at 
www (dot) eamonag (dot) org / pages /eamondx.htm
among other places.

P.S. My knowledge of UNIX/scripting/etc., while limited, is beyond 
the level of "newbie" and I probably don't need "baby step" instructions/help, as I 
understand most concepts that I am dealing with here, I am just not fluent in the 
syntax nor structure of most of the programs I am working with.
My preffered "flavor" of Linux after much experimenting is definitly Debian and I 
preffer to build my own systems (usually with a Windows partition in the same box for 
using the more common (and customer-demanded) formats and programs that the majority 
of computer users have had crammed down their throats and know not of others OS 
options-- I cater to their needs, however, and politely suggest Linux and other 
alternatives whenever I can sneak it in...)

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.1
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash