On Friday 21 May 2004 05:02 am, Michael Tienhaara wrote: > I've been following the recent thread about virus and Linux. Under > Windows I constantly had to search and destroy unwanted spyware apps. > What are the risks of spyware and cookies on a Linux system?
Cookies should be fairly innocuous on most machines and if they trouble you, a lot of browsers including Opera and I think Mozilla, allow you to specify that cookies should be removed at the end of every session. As for spyware, Linux is probably currently too small of a platform to get much attention from the spyware people. However, as a general rule, you should verify and check all sources of software before installation. If you are installing an existing package that has been around for more than a month or so, is open source and has an active following, you will probably hear if software should be avoided before you install. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer
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