[ubuntu-uk] Anybody seen this, thought it might be shown, as nobody has mentioned it on here yet.....

[Peter Maddison]

Yep, that's exactly what I meant, if you don't use the 'official' repo then you're open to all manner of 'nasties' ready to infect your PC.
Pete M ( :-P )



> To: ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
> From: psmouty at live.com
> Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 09:34:31 +0100
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anybody seen this, thought it might be shown, as nobody has mentioned it on here yet.....
> 
> On 21/08/13 08:27, Colin Law wrote:
> > On 21 August 2013 04:05, Peter Maddison <ponchorat1968 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> NOTE the keyword -- IF you install it.
> >> Unless you NEVER use the OFFICIAL REPO and are totally careless with your system then there's a VERY high chance you could infect your system with ANY virus.
> > 
> > I don't think that is what you meant to say, but I am not sure what
> > you did mean.
> > 
> > Colin
> > 
> I think he meant UN-official repos! And I am more fussy today than i was
> 6 years ago when i first made the leap from windoze do Ubuntu partly
> because I have now found my favourite packages, and know what I want,
> partly because I am more aware of the risks!
> 
> In some ways this has narrowed my view, and I am less likely to
> experiment with the latest (& possibly greatest) new thing out there,
> but at least my productivity has improved ;)
> 
> in short as long as we are aware of the risks, we are (hopefully) all
> intelligent enough to make an informed choice, and we just have a duty
> to put the info out there to inform new users of the potential risks of
> adding random PPA's so they are equally well informed.
> 
> Pete S (the first one);)
> 
> 
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