On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, Mike Fieschko wrote:
> >>> "John" == John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> John> On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, you wrote:
> >> Is there a virus protection software package for Linux? Where
> >> can I get it if there is???
> >>
> John> Don't surf the 'Net as Root and you have little to worry
> John> about. :-) There is very little that can be done to your
> John> Linux box unless you run a hostile app as root (or SU.)
>
> [snip]
>
> Question: if I have my checking account information accessed by cbb
> (Check Book Balancer http://cbb.sourceforge.net), all my data files
> live in ~/.cbb, and are owned by mike.mike, permissions 100600.
>
> If I received a virus, and I was running as "mike", and the virus was
> running as "mike", would not the virus be able to delete or change the
> cbb data files?
>
Right, but if you have a specific login you use for cbb and nothing else,
and follow strict rules on when to root and when not to. Your data is a
lot safer than it would be if you didn't.
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