Hello,
From: Carl [mailto:quantum@ultra2k.com]
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On Thursday 25 July 2002 08:46 pm, you wrote:
Well, fair enough, but when I think about viruses I think about email viruses. Any other kind requires that you run binaries from untrusted sources, and if you do that you deserve anything you get.
Sorry, but this is important. I think most of us run binaries from untrusted sources. It's a fact of life. Time to update thinking.
Well , I must say, Carl is right here. You really can't say where all the files from aourceforge are coming from, do you? By the way, the last virus that hit me (though that was under windows) was "hidden" as a mp3 file, my wife just didn't look at the filename extension and klicked the file - kawoom. OK as a user a virus can't kill your whole system (the one I was talking about didn't either) but loosing data that is not backuped is even worse at home. And don't forget how many users coming over form MS products work as root and still think they are safe. Regards Chris