Anti Virus, now Anti Spy-ware

[James Takac]

Hi Guys

On Tuesday 17 June 2008 23:57:53 Dick Dowdell wrote:
> 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.
> >
There is another possible way it **might** get in, aka, running said binary 
installs through the likes of wine. I'm no expert here and don't understand 
the workings of wine enough to know just how probable this scene is though

James