On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:43:31 +0000 Tom Furie <t...@furie.org.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 04:04:09PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > > > Mark writes: > > > ...is it a correct statement to say that these spyware/malware/virus > > > .exe type files that try to install on a given machine, are virtually > > > useless against Debian systems unless the user logs in as root to > > > allow installation? > > > > If they are Microsoft Windows ".exe type files" (which, AFAIK, they all > > are) they are completely useless against Debian systems because they > > will not run at all. > > Unless you have Wine installed, then it may or may not run. Whether the > payload would be effective or not is another matter. This is quite funny: http://www.linux.com/archive/feed/42031 "Linux just isn't user-friendly when it comes to viruses. You have to work to find and run them. It doesn't happen automatically as it does with Windows. The GNU/Linux folks really should improve this glaring discrepancy. ... Out of the five Windows viruses I ran under Wine, not a single one was able to send email and propagate itself. When I went out of my way to be part of the Windows community by doing my part to propagate Windows viruses (lots of Windows users seem to think this is important, seeing as how they run random executables and use Microsoft Outlook and Internet Explorer) I discovered that it couldn't easily be done with GNU/Linux tools. Oh sure, I could manually forward these viruses to the folks in my address book, but where's the fun in that? Besides, these viruses usually lie in the From: line and use a handful of different Subject: lines. As a GNU/Linux user, I really don't want to miss out on these important functionalities." And see: http://blog.opensourcenerd.com/i-can-haz-virus Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100218205949.91ccff95.cele...@gmail.com
