<html> <head> <style></style></head> <body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>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.<div><br></div><div>Pete M ( :-P )<br><br><a target="_blank" title="" href="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/198/3ybl.jpg/"><img src="http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/4046/3ybl.jpg" border="0"></a><br><br><div>> To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com<br>> From: psmouty@live.com<br>> Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 09:34:31 +0100<br>> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anybody seen this, thought it might be shown, as nobody has mentioned it on here yet.....<br>> <br>> On 21/08/13 08:27, Colin Law wrote:<br>> > On 21 August 2013 04:05, Peter Maddison <ponchorat1968@hotmail.com> wrote:<br>> >><br>> >> NOTE the keyword -- IF you install it.<br>> >> 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.<br>> > <br>> > I don't think that is what you meant to say, but I am not sure what<br>> > you did mean.<br>> > <br>> > Colin<br>> > <br>> I think he meant UN-official repos! And I am more fussy today than i was<br>> 6 years ago when i first made the leap from windoze do Ubuntu partly<br>> because I have now found my favourite packages, and know what I want,<br>> partly because I am more aware of the risks!<br>> <br>> In some ways this has narrowed my view, and I am less likely to<br>> experiment with the latest (& possibly greatest) new thing out there,<br>> but at least my productivity has improved ;)<br>> <br>> in short as long as we are aware of the risks, we are (hopefully) all<br>> intelligent enough to make an informed choice, and we just have a duty<br>> to put the info out there to inform new users of the potential risks of<br>> adding random PPA's so they are equally well informed.<br>> <br>> Pete S (the first one);)<br>> <br>> <br>> -- <br>> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com<br>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk<br>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/<br></div></div> </div></body> </html>