It's all well and good saying "ignorant windows users" but most people
in general don't give a toss about computers as long as they work and
they can do what they want. And as for saying debian is far more secure,
in principle your right, but in reality that's still ignorant. Linux
isn't really tar
On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:43:31 +
Tom Furie 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
> > > usele
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
> > a
On Thu,18.Feb.10, 16:04:09, John Hasler wrote:
> You could, in theory, be tricked into downloading a Linux executable,
> installing it under your home directory, and running it. It would then
> have access to all of your personal files.
If the compromised account is the same account used to su/
>On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Paul E Condon
>wrote:
> >Now, it looks to me like same-old-same-old. If so, the worry
> >morphs into a worry about an onslaught of newbies moving to Debian and
> >flooding this list with silly newbie questions (like mine of not so
> >long ago). But that really is
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" (whi
would download them, switch to root to install and voila, infected
machine.
James
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From: Paul E Condon [mailto:pecon...@mesanetworks.net]
Sent: February 18, 2010 4:59 PM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Scary article in Wall Street Journal today
On 201002
On 20100218_132513, Mark wrote:
> >
> > >On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:25:04 -0700, Paul E Condon wrote:
> >
> > > Today in Wall Street Journal (pg 3 in US edition), there is an article
> > > about hacker break-ins to computers via the internet. Mentioned as the
> > > method of break-in are spyware called
On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:25:13 -0500 (EST), mamar...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> As someone still learning about Debian/Linux, 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
>
> >On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:25:04 -0700, Paul E Condon wrote:
>
> > Today in Wall Street Journal (pg 3 in US edition), there is an article
> > about hacker break-ins to computers via the internet. Mentioned as the
> > method of break-in are spyware called ZeuS, and Firefox browser, but no
> > menti
On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:25:04 -0700, Paul E Condon wrote:
> Today in Wall Street Journal (pg 3 in US edition), there is an article
> about hacker break-ins to computers via the internet. Mentioned as the
> method of break-in are spyware called ZeuS, and Firefox browser, but no
> mention of what OS
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Paul E Condon wrote:
> Today in Wall Street Journal (pg 3 in US edition), there is an article
> about hacker break-ins to computers via the internet. Mentioned as the
> method of break-in are spyware called ZeuS, and Firefox browser, but
> no mention o
On 2/18/10, Paul E Condon wrote:
> Today in Wall Street Journal (pg 3 in US edition), there is an article
> about hacker break-ins to computers via the internet. Mentioned as the
> method of break-in are spyware called ZeuS, and Firefox browser, but
> no mention of what OS are aflicted.
>
> I assu
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870439880457507110383415053
6.html
The diagram shows that the attack still required the end user to click
and download a file and execute it. Conceptually, this is no worse than
running downloading hackme.exe and double clicking on it. There is an
inher
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