trojans and Ubuntu

[Tim M]

On Jan 18, 2008 3:18 PM, Willis Taylor <gods-servant at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> 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?
>
>
> The friend? Yes, she is still using windows XP. I am concerned about her
because her computer is her lifeline but I don't want to needlessly alarm
her and send her into a panic.

Tim
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