Cross-browser firefox/konqueror malware on Ubuntu Dapper

[Tony Arnold]

On Fri, 2006-08-04 at 11:57 -0500, Michael V. De Palatis wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 06:49:36PM +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote:
> > ?? Michael V. De Palatis <mvd at gatech.edu>:
> > 
> > > Otherwise, I hope malware doesn't
> > > start becoming as commonplace on Linux as it is on Windows...
> > 
> > It will, if there are enough people don't care about the
> > computer and want it to "just work", or if Linux is too
> > much like Windows.
> 
> Well, there are a lot of technical reasons why that might not
> happen. It all depends on software being designed properly, I suppose.

I guess the main reason that malware is so prevalent on Windows is a)
the browser being an integral part of the system and b) most users
running as administrator! Neither of these tends to be the case with
Linux.

Regards,
Tony.
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