Anti Virus, now Anti Spy-ware

[James Takac]

Hi Dick

On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 11:57 PM, Dick Dowdell <dick.dowdell at gmail.com>
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.
>>
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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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>

I tend to agree. The reason why windows systems are targeted so much is that
they are the popular ones. Those wanting to do the crimes are after s many
potential targets as they can get. If linux was the more popular os the
chances are it would be the target of choice

James
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