[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu (linux) vulnerabilty?? Comment please

[luxxius]

alan c wrote:
> With Ubuntu in mind I would be grateful for more information about the 
> possible vulnerability - or not - of the sort of malware (trojan) 
> which is likely to be used in the sort of current, and on a new scale, 
> attack via infected websites as described in the Guardian:
> 
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2106855,00.html
> 
> My initial reaction is of course that linux doe snot install anything 
> without a password, but then I remembered that in my user activities I 
> was able to install a firefox extension without a password (I think), 
> and in principle  I can install into my user area with no password 
> generally.
> 
> So could a trojan be installed easily from an infected website without 
> my knowledge?


Wasn't Nixory intended to deal with malware affecting Linux web 
browsers?  But there no longer seem to be any updates to Nixory.

Anyone know what's happened to this project?

--
Diana