trojans and Ubuntu

[Willis Taylor]

Tim M wrote:
> 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
>
>   
Tim,
is he running windows?