So does Linux need a malware scanner then?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 14 June 2010 13:30, Bill Kendrick <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nbs@sonic.net">nbs@sonic.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 09:56:24AM -0700, Gandalf Parker wrote:<br>
> <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/linux-infection-proves-windows-malware-monopoly-is-over/2206?tag=nl.e539" target="_blank">http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/linux-infection-proves-windows-malware-monopoly-is-over/2206?tag=nl.e539</a><br>
><br>
> Altho its abit of an "I told you so" article, it does support my general<br>
> attitude that absolute statements should usually end with the word "yet".<br>
> If I EVER said Linux didnt need to worry, Im sure I added "doesnt need to<br>
> worry, YET"<br>
><br>
> It also supports my not-completely-trusting of automatic updating<br>
<br>
</div>Nah, one has ALWAYS needed to worry. The article is useless.<br>
It sucks that the malware got into the Gentoo repos (but, based<br>
on what little I understood of the 'update' pasted at the top of<br>
the article), it sounds like it's really a matter of:<br>
<br>
(1) I want to install IRC server<br>
(2) I'll get it from trusted source<br>
(3) I'll IGNORE THE SAFEGUARDS to confirm that the copy at the source<br>
is actually TO BE TRUSTED<br>
(4) OMGWTFPWNED<br>
<br>
Note that my opinion here is based soley on skimming the guy's ZDNet<br>
article ("clickbait", as one of the commenters called it ... a kind of<br>
"FUD-for-advertising-dollars"), and the (mostly lame) comments made<br>
by users.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
--<br>
-bill!<br>
Sent from my computer<br>
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