trojans and Ubuntu

[Joel Goguen]

On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:16:52 -0600, "Tim M" <southern.tim at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
Go over and do the usual round of virus/spyware/adware/other scans that
should be part of (at least) weekly routine for any Windows user?

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Joel Goguen
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