Antivirus

[Derek Broughton]

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