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[Mark Van den Borre]

2007/1/4, Jan Claeys <ubuntu at janc.be>:
> Op donderdag 04-01-2007 om 10:37 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Adriaan
> Leijnse:
> > But how big is the chance that happens? That's close to nil...
> > A virus like that will probably not even spread,
>
> Depends on the target audience.
>
> > and could be called a rootkit because of that.
>
> A rootkit can be the payload of a virus, a worm or a trojan.
>
> > Viruses that use kernel exploits etc. are virtually non-existant.
>
> Most virusses and worms on Windows don't use kernel exploits either,
> because it's *much* easier to (ab)use social engineering and observed
> human behaviour.  You really don't need to be root to spread malware...
>
> > I mean, ask any linux user if they ever got a virus, good luck finding
> > one :)
>
> I did, around 5-6 years ago (well, technically it was a worm that had a
> rootkit as its payload, but 99.9% of Windows "virusses" are worms too).
>
> > I'm just going off on this because people never believe that you don't
> > ever get viruses in linux, and I think part of the problem is this
> > 'politically correct' marketing.
>
> I think it's more important to teach people "safe hex" than to get them
> to use "linux".  Yes, linux will certainly help, but it's absolutely not
> true that you are invincible when using it, and telling people lies
> about this *will* bounce back into our face one day.
Please continue this discussion in a more appropriate medium. Irc
might be a good choice, or jabber, or a real life discussion over a
beer after next saturday's gathering in Leuven.

Mark
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