On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 10:46, Heather/Femme wrote: > Seen all this. ZA got smart, it generates an encrypted sig file for > itself now. Makes sure it can't be compromised either... and it is not > easily killed in newer versions. Sides, that kind of attack is pretty > sophisticated & the avg ZA user won't be affected. Yes its possible it > will get thru...but if you see ZA isn't in your tray anymore wouldn't > you be suspicious? I know I would.
Sure hope ZA is a lot smarter these days. Two years ago my Win system was compromised simply by clicking a link on a web page in IE. ZA was disabled but still showing as active in the system tray, the packet sniffer I had running crashed and the AV app was totally fsckd. A file containing web passwords was emptied and a pretty screensaver was installed which kept appearing every minute. That was the day I decided to see what this Linux was all about and I've never looked back since. Not that ZA can really help much in those situations. Clicking on the link merely ran the script as the one-and-only user on Win98SE. I feel much safer in Linux browsing the web as user (not root) - although sometimes I wonder why, when the most important stuff on my system in MY DATA. Couldn't give a sh*t 'bout the system, it can be restored, my data can't. At least the stuff that hasn't been backed up. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining - I LOVE LINUX! Oh now paranoia is creeping in... off to do a much overdue backup... I swear I'm getting lazier. Sharrea -- Help Microsoft stamp out piracy - give Linux to a friend today
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