[vox] Linux IRC infection

[Darth Borehd]

So does Linux need a malware scanner then?

On 14 June 2010 13:30, Bill Kendrick <nbs at sonic.net> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 09:56:24AM -0700, Gandalf Parker wrote:
> >
> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/linux-infection-proves-windows-malware-monopoly-is-over/2206?tag=nl.e539
> >
> > Altho its abit of an "I told you so" article, it does support my general
> > attitude that absolute statements should usually end with the word "yet".
> > If I EVER said Linux didnt need to worry, Im sure I added "doesnt need to
> > worry, YET"
> >
> > It also supports my not-completely-trusting of automatic updating
>
> Nah, one has ALWAYS needed to worry.  The article is useless.
> It sucks that the malware got into the Gentoo repos (but, based
> on what little I understood of the 'update' pasted at the top of
> the article), it sounds like it's really a matter of:
>
> (1) I want to install IRC server
> (2) I'll get it from trusted source
> (3) I'll IGNORE THE SAFEGUARDS to confirm that the copy at the source
>    is actually TO BE TRUSTED
> (4) OMGWTFPWNED
>
> Note that my opinion here is based soley on skimming the guy's ZDNet
> article ("clickbait", as one of the commenters called it ... a kind of
> "FUD-for-advertising-dollars"), and the (mostly lame) comments made
> by users.
>
> --
> -bill!
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