trojans and Ubuntu

[Tim M]

Yesterday a friend of mine asked me about identity thief protection sites
and she sent me a link to one asking if it was okay. I clicked on the link
on my laptop running 10.7 (also protected with NoScript). Anyway this
morning I was talking to my boss he is in charge of Internet security for a
major company (I work for him part time in his own business). He said that
if she clicked on that site she could have introduced a Trojan into her
computer. I will not post the site address here . . . anyway, he might have
misunderstood me or I might have misunderstood him. Now I need to tell my
friend, who suffers from panic attacks) to reinstall her system. I guess I
should listen to my boss . . . I am wondering what the group thinks about
what he said and that if my system might be compromised also.

Tim
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