Anti Virus, now Anti Spy-ware

[Dick Dowdell]

On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 9:41 AM, Clayton <smaug42 at gmail.com> wrote:

> > 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.
>
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That's not necessarily true anymore.  Many kinds of malware are installed by
Web sites that exploit security holes in browsers.  Fortunately, they are
seldom targeted at Linux.  As Linux gains users, that will change
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Dick Dowdell
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