On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Ben Scott <dragonh...@gmail.com> wrote: > /cue the little girl from Poltergeist: "They're here..." > > "Multi-platform backdoor malware targets Windows, Mac and Linux users" > http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/07/11/backdoor-malware/ >
Gist of the story, you need to use anti-virus because you could visit a compromised/intentionally nefarious website that asks your permission to execute a Java program that *if you give it permission*, will download malware onto your computer. I think simple education (don't download or execute programs when you don't trust the authenticity or origin) works better than anti-virus. I also marvel at how Microsoft has CONTINUOUSLY trained their user base to click furiously at any given opportunity in order to "get things done". So, I still believe the best thing for security conscious people to do is to use GNU/Linux exclusively. Greg Rundlett _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/