INFECTIONS: The old wives' tale put to bed
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by gewg_
(4444 messages posted)
gewg_ wrote:
||(Linux guys DON'T have to worry about infections).
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sekirt wrote:
|You wouldn't be able to say that if Linux had,
|say, 50% or more of the market.
I stumbled on a page by a talented writer[1]
who did a really good job of putting together _all_ the pieces:
cache
of http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/02/14/flipping-the-linux-switch-the-anti-virus-question/print
NOTE: *n?x is NOT a panacea.
It *still* can't protect you from YOUR OWN stupidity.
If you download a Linux-compatible app from a dubious source[2]
then make the effort to flip the x bit to executable then run that,
you CAN expect it to do nasty things to **YOUR** home directory.
If, however, you haven't unnecessarily monkeyed with privileges
(i.e. you've just left them in their default-install state[3]),
the OTHER users on the system won't be affected in the slightest by YOUR stupidity:
the Linux operating system won't need to be disinfected nor reinstalled
nor its security or state thought about in the slightest.
Note: The *human interaction* part
is the reason that **thoughtful** Windoze users (e.g. Steve)
can often get by without band-aids plastered all over their systems.
...and Linux's unflipped x bit on downloaded files makes the final difference.
http://google.com/search?q=r-w-x-r-w-x-r-w-x+permissions+owner+group+other
Again, it's about an OS that's NOT Defective By Design.
[1] More of Kristin's excellent work:
google.com/search?q=site:downloadsquad.com+intitle:"Flipping.the.Linux.switch"
[2] Vetted repositories of Linux-compatible software are SIMPLE to find;
crap sources are easily spotted.
[3] ...and use su and/or sudo to do things that require elevated privileges.
This is why I say that Puppy is NOT real Linux and should be avoided.
Others that suck for the same reason: dyna:bolic; XandrOS; Linspire/Freespire.
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