Anti Virus, now Anti Spy-ware

[Clayton]

> Okay, but what about spy-ware and ad-ware and such?  This stuff can be
> damaging as well.  Is there any anti spy ware software like Spybot or
> Ad-aware that work with Linux?  Or is this not a problem for the same
> reasons that viruses aren't a big issue?

I have yet to see ANY Spyware or AdWare on Linux over a decade fo full
time use.

Spyware and Adware lands in people's Windows setups from install
binaries for some app they download off the web.  Ubuntu, openSUSE etc
all use standard repositories for the software.  If.. if.. someone
managed to slip some adware or spyware into an app hosted in the
repos, you can bet it would be sanitized very quickly.

C.