Ubuntu Boot Up Logo: re malware

[rpowersau at gmail.com]

On 6/24/05, Custom <custom at freenet.de> wrote:
> 
> All that stands in the way of total desctruction is a user who should
> not enter his (root) password at the wrong time.. Currenly that doesn't
> happen because the average Linux user knows too much and is too
> careful. But you know it WILL happen at some point in the future.
> 
> (Say, pop up a copy of something that looks like the screen saver
> unlock, or the login screen.. How many users will just enter their
> username and password then?)


How do you run that in the first place without having cracked the system? 
And if you have cracked it, why bother? 

Of course things can be done to make things more secure, at that time.
> And of course that will be easier to do on a Linux based system than it
> currently is on Windows.
> 
> Cheers,
> Chanchao
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Regards,
Russ
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