Re: [CentOS] OT: Possible for Malware against Windows boxes to attack Firefox on Linux?

2009-04-19 Thread mouss
Robert Heller a écrit : [snip] Linux does not care about file *names*. indeed Linux does not. but desktop managers do. That said, *.exe attacks should only affect systems running Wine. [snip] ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

Re: [CentOS] OT: Possible for Malware against Windows boxes to attack Firefox on Linux?

2009-04-19 Thread Robert Heller
At Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:07:05 +0200 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote: Robert Heller a écrit : [snip] Linux does not care about file *names*. indeed Linux does not. but desktop managers do. That said, *.exe attacks Are you sure? I would think that *Linux*-based desktop

Re: [CentOS] OT: Possible for Malware against Windows boxes to attack Firefox on Linux?

2009-04-19 Thread mouss
Robert Heller a écrit : At Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:07:05 +0200 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote: Robert Heller a écrit : [snip] Linux does not care about file *names*. indeed Linux does not. but desktop managers do. That said, *.exe attacks Are you sure? I would think that

Re: [CentOS] OT: Possible for Malware against Windows boxes to attack Firefox on Linux?

2009-04-19 Thread Robert Heller
At Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:06:43 +0200 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote: Robert Heller a écrit : At Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:07:05 +0200 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote: Robert Heller a écrit : [snip] Linux does not care about file *names*. indeed Linux does

Re: [CentOS] OT: Possible for Malware against Windows boxes to attack Firefox on Linux?

2009-04-18 Thread Michael A. Peters
Lanny Marcus wrote: On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Robert Nichols rnicholsnos...@comcast.net wrote: snip My problem with NoScript is that there is virtually no site that I visit that does not require scripting to function properly. I think there is a mis-understanding of how noscript

Re: [CentOS] OT: Possible for Malware against Windows boxes to attack Firefox on Linux?

2009-04-18 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 12:46 AM, Michael A. Peters mpet...@mac.com wrote: snip I whitelist my router, youtube, etc. and the domains for forums I visit. I am beginning to do that. And hopefully nothing whitelisted will have the ability to attack I sometimes disable noscript when making

Re: [CentOS] OT: Possible for Malware against Windows boxes to attack Firefox on Linux?

2009-04-17 Thread JohnS
On Thu, 2009-04-16 at 21:14 -0700, Michael A. Peters wrote: Lanny Marcus wrote: My belief is that this is not possible, but there are many extremely knowledgeable people participating on this list and I would like to know if it is in fact possible. I am running CentOS 5.3 (32 bit) fully

Re: [CentOS] OT: Possible for Malware against Windows boxes to attack Firefox on Linux?

2009-04-17 Thread John Doe
From: MHR mhullr...@gmail.com Install the FireFox extension noscript and be very careful about what domains you authorize scripting from. Is there such a thing for Seamonkey, or is this not required? (Or is this a check with Mozilla question?)

Re: [CentOS] OT: Possible for Malware against Windows boxes to attack Firefox on Linux?

2009-04-17 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 10:18 PM, Spiro Harvey sp...@knossos.net.nz wrote: Lanny Marcus lmmailingli...@gmail.com wrote: the forum, which is a highly restricted area. Today when it happened, what exactly is *it*? Spiro: When I saw the pop ups, their file waiting for me to click, to OK it for

Re: [CentOS] OT: Possible for Malware against Windows boxes to attack Firefox on Linux?

2009-04-17 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 11:14 PM, Michael A. Peters mpet...@mac.com wrote: Lanny Marcus wrote: snip My experience is that when browsing on any OS and you come across an error message stating that your computer is infected and you need to install such and such software, the web site I was

Re: [CentOS] OT: Possible for Malware against Windows boxes to attack Firefox on Linux?

2009-04-17 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 10:23 AM, JohnS jse...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, 2009-04-16 at 21:14 -0700, Michael A. Peters wrote: snip If it makes you feel any safer I will go there and down load it on my CentOS Desktop! BUT! If your running WINE Then that is another storie I would NOT. No WINE

Re: [CentOS] OT: Possible for Malware against Windows boxes to attack Firefox on Linux?

2009-04-17 Thread William L. Maltby
On Fri, 2009-04-17 at 11:13 -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote: On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 11:14 PM, Michael A. Peters mpet...@mac.com wrote: Lanny Marcus wrote: snip My experience is that when browsing on any OS and you come across an error message stating that your computer is infected and you need

Re: [CentOS] OT: Possible for Malware against Windows boxes to attack Firefox on Linux?

2009-04-17 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 11:25 AM, William L. Maltby centos4b...@triad.rr.com wrote: On Fri, 2009-04-17 at 11:13 -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote: On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 11:14 PM, Michael A. Peters mpet...@mac.com wrote: snip My experience is that when browsing on any OS and you come across an

Re: [CentOS] OT: Possible for Malware against Windows boxes to attack Firefox on Linux?

2009-04-17 Thread Rob Townley
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Scott Silva ssi...@sgvwater.com wrote: on 4-17-2009 9:33 AM Lanny Marcus spake the following: On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 11:25 AM, William L. Maltby centos4b...@triad.rr.com wrote: On Fri, 2009-04-17 at 11:13 -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote: On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at

Re: [CentOS] OT: Possible for Malware against Windows boxes to attack Firefox on Linux?

2009-04-17 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Scott Silva ssi...@sgvwater.com wrote: snip Noscript will give you an idea of just how many sites run a script of some kind. You will see a large part of sites just look different when the scripts don't run, and some don't function at all. Not that it is a bad

Re: [CentOS] OT: Possible for Malware against Windows boxes to attack Firefox on Linux?

2009-04-17 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Rob Townley rob.town...@gmail.com wrote: snip Remember the NeXT step days (for me, mid 90's) when a single executable binary file contained both intel and PowerPC/Motorola code.  When clicked, it would execute the intel code on the intel platform and the

Re: [CentOS] OT: Possible for Malware against Windows boxes to attack Firefox on Linux?

2009-04-17 Thread Robert Heller
At Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:07:31 -0500 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote: On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Scott Silva ssi...@sgvwater.com wrote: on 4-17-2009 9:33 AM Lanny Marcus spake the following: On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 11:25 AM, William L. Maltby centos4b...@triad.rr.com

Re: [CentOS] OT: Possible for Malware against Windows boxes to attack Firefox on Linux?

2009-04-17 Thread Rob Townley
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 2:30 PM, Robert Heller hel...@deepsoft.com wrote: At Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:07:31 -0500 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote: On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Scott Silva ssi...@sgvwater.com wrote: on 4-17-2009 9:33 AM Lanny Marcus spake the following: On Fri,

Re: [CentOS] OT: Possible for Malware against Windows boxes to attack Firefox on Linux?

2009-04-17 Thread MHR
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 8:57 AM, John Doe jd...@yahoo.com wrote: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=seamonkey+noscript+pluginl=1  ;P I am properly chastised - mea culpa Ccrow Crow Cow Cw C (gulp) mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

Re: [CentOS] OT: Possible for Malware against Windows boxes to attack Firefox on Linux?

2009-04-17 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Scott Silva ssi...@sgvwater.com wrote: snip Noscript will give you an idea of just how many sites run a script of some kind. You will see a large part of sites just look different when the scripts don't run, and some don't function at all. Not that it is a bad

Re: [CentOS] OT: Possible for Malware against Windows boxes to attack Firefox on Linux?

2009-04-17 Thread Robert Nichols
Lanny Marcus wrote: On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Scott Silva ssi...@sgvwater.com wrote: snip Noscript will give you an idea of just how many sites run a script of some kind. You will see a large part of sites just look different when the scripts don't run, and some don't function at all.

Re: [CentOS] OT: Possible for Malware against Windows boxes to attack Firefox on Linux?

2009-04-17 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Robert Nichols rnicholsnos...@comcast.net wrote: snip My problem with NoScript is that there is virtually no site that I visit that does not require scripting to function properly.  The net result is an almost knee-jerk reaction to click on Allow all this page,

Re: [CentOS] OT: Possible for Malware against Windows boxes to attack Firefox on Linux?

2009-04-17 Thread Michael A. Peters
Lanny Marcus wrote: On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Scott Silva ssi...@sgvwater.com wrote: snip Noscript will give you an idea of just how many sites run a script of some kind. You will see a large part of sites just look different when the scripts don't run, and some don't function at all.

[CentOS] OT: Possible for Malware against Windows boxes to attack Firefox on Linux?

2009-04-16 Thread Lanny Marcus
My belief is that this is not possible, but there are many extremely knowledgeable people participating on this list and I would like to know if it is in fact possible. I am running CentOS 5.3 (32 bit) fully updated. Browser is Mozilla Firefox v.3.0.7. I believe both times this happened, once

Re: [CentOS] OT: Possible for Malware against Windows boxes to attack Firefox on Linux?

2009-04-16 Thread Spiro Harvey
Lanny Marcus lmmailingli...@gmail.com wrote: the forum, which is a highly restricted area. Today when it happened, what exactly is *it*? Install-2006-60.exe which I declined, etc. Comes from http://antispywarepcscanner.com Is there any way the Firefox web browser could have been

Re: [CentOS] OT: Possible for Malware against Windows boxes to attack Firefox on Linux?

2009-04-16 Thread Michael A. Peters
Lanny Marcus wrote: My belief is that this is not possible, but there are many extremely knowledgeable people participating on this list and I would like to know if it is in fact possible. I am running CentOS 5.3 (32 bit) fully updated. Browser is Mozilla Firefox v.3.0.7. I believe both