Re: Re: Sophos Anti Virus

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On Sat, 2010-05-15 at 07:12 -0400, Wm_Frank Pont jr wrote:
> I have many programs which g++ has produced and I own.  These could
> be the target of a virus.

What do you mean exactly?

>   It would be easy for me to wipe all of my
> executables and re-make them but I just realized that unlike many
> LINUX folk, I am somewhat virus vulnerable ... maybe with quotes around
> the word.  Worms, Trojan horses, phishing ... are possible. We should
> not hide behind a Superiority complex until some strange anti social kid
> nails us.  We already have a lot of safeguards in place.  But it seems
> that we are a trusting community.

On the contrary, I'd say we are a healthily paranoid community. Being
security-aware means focussing safeguards on where it matters, such as
proper account control, proper firewall configuration, proper scepticism
about random binary downloads etc.

poc


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