Antivirus
Derek Broughton
news at pointerstop.ca
Thu Sep 20 17:24:04 UTC 2007
Wulfy wrote:
> Markus Schönhaber wrote:
>> Especially: installing all security patches doesn't prevent you from
>> clicking on the attachment sent to you via email by some "friendly" guy
>> who tells you something like "Look! I attached a little program that
>> displays a slideshow of nude pics of [insert your favorite celebrity
>> here]. You MUST SEE!!!!".
>> If you execute malware, it has the right to do everything you're allowed
>> to - like deleting your data, adding a call to start a keylogger to
>> your ~/.bashrc etc. - regardless whether or not the system is up-to-date.
>> It's every user's own responsibility to keep his fingers under control.
> While this is true, I have yet to see any e-mail malware attachments
> that can run in a Linux environment. They all seem to be aimed at
> Windows.
I have. Years ago (back in the days of Corel Linux, so more than 5 years,
anyway). I accidentally clicked on a mail attachment in KMail and had it
open in Wine! It ran, installed, and naturally did nothing significant...
--
derek
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