I'm glad that you have had fuller contact with his thinking and can
confidently assert that he doesn't think that average desktop users need
to install resident AV protection -- at least for the time being. We're
safe enough for now.
But it still leaves us with the future prospect of whether the Hand of
Thief Trojan creator can make good on his plan to develop it into an
effective tool for drive-by attacks.
On 9/6/2013 3:17 PM, David Yentzen wrote:
Yes and no. I have watched other vids that he has made in the past
addressing security concerns over Linux and exchanged correspondence
with him. I think his overall evaluation is that while Linux is not
bulletproof( what is?) it is certainly the best in the field. I think
I could safely summarize his view as this: the normal, daily desktop
user of Linux does not need to run anti virus protection. Perhaps if
you run a server of do other things then you need anti virus. But
then again that is his( and my opinion) and each user should do what
he/she thinks is best.
Best Regards,
David Yentzen
https://launchpad.net/~dbyentzen <https://launchpad.net/%7Edbyentzen>
On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 2:08 PM, John Hupp <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Actually, though his conclusion is that the Hand of Thief Trojan
threat is blown way out of proportion, he speaks as if Linux is
already subject to many threats that are much more serious than
the Hand of Thief.
In other words, he seems to contradict the comforting analysis
given here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Linuxvirus (on
account of which I, and probably many other 'buntu users, are not
running resident anti-virus protection).
If he's right, we should not be reassured but alarmed (though not
by the Hand of Thief at the moment).
On 9/6/2013 2:38 PM, David Yentzen wrote:
You may want to check out this youtube video about the "Hand of
Thief Trojan". This vlogger(Quidsup) seems to have his head
wrapped around it pretty good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-7PhF-7qEA
Best Regards,
David Yentzen
https://launchpad.net/~dbyentzen <https://launchpad.net/%7Edbyentzen>
On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 1:26 PM, John Hupp <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I understand that with a standard Ubuntu/Lubuntu installation
not running Wine, it is believed that there are no active
threats that would responsibly require resident anti-virus
protection.
That may still be true today, but perhaps it won't be for too
much longer. See the last 3 paragraphs of this article:
http://www.crn.com/news/security/240160712/security-firms-warn-of-potential-banking-trojan-attacks.htm?cid=nl_sec
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