Except you COMPLETELY missed the fact that Microsoft Windows, by default, has ZERO write access to anything but NTFS and FAT.
Now, infected Wubi.EXE, that's different. Many viruses target EXE files but a seperate partition is a no-go. --- On Tue, 2/24/09, Dave Compton <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Dave Compton <[email protected]> > Subject: [Eug-lug] Re: Linux Ubuntu Install Tutorial > To: "Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 8:37 PM > I think the greater danger is from dual booting windows > & linux (with or without wubi). An infected windows > machine could write malware directly to the unbooted linux > partition. This would be both an easier way of spreading an > infection and more effective since *any* windows/linux > system would be vulnerable to it - not just those that were > installed via wubi. > > In fact, even the generic dual boot vulnerability seems > like a pretty convoluted way to spread malware. Once you > have control of a windows machine, the thing to do would be > to *use* that windows machine to carry out your evil plot - > not try to infect an unused linux partition in the hope that > it might someday be booted. The windows -> wubi -> > linux risk seems even lower. > > Once the wubi install process is complete you *do* end up > with a linux system that, at a low level, piggybacks off of > the windows boot system to work. It bothers me too but just > as a matter of principle - not for security reasons. > > - Dave _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
