On Tuesday 08 November 2005 12:32 pm, rikona wrote: > Hello Ricardo, > > Tuesday, November 8, 2005, 6:14:23 AM, Ricardo wrote: > > RRP> As a newbie, is not much what I really know about overall linux > RRP> security regarding virus, spyware and those threats but somehow I > RRP> though my box shoud be spyware-free. > > RRP> I'm surprised to see that some clicks or sites show the > RRP> 'doubleclick' address when accessing let's say yahoo mail for > RRP> example. > > This is not really 'spyware', just cookies so that doubleclick can > track your every move and interest as you surf the net. They can then > compile a nice dossier about you and sell it to whoever is interested. > This is more of a privacy issue. > > Real spyware is usually a program that resides on your computer and > passes info to someone else, such as all the keystrokes you use when > you do online banking, for example. Makes cleaning out your bank > account rather easy. :-) This is more of a security issue. > > RRP> Are we (linux users) also exposed to spyware? how can you really > RRP> take control of what info is going out from our pc's? how do we > RRP> get infected with spyware and what will be linux alternative to > RRP> fight it? > > Needs a long, complex answer, but the short version is that it is much > less of a problem so far than with Windows. > > RRP> I know some anti-spyware for Win, for example: MS, yahoo, spybot, > RRP> etc. Do we really have to be concerned about it under linux? > > Install privoxy, and set your browsers to use it. As installed, it > will take care of doubleclick, and some of the more common ones. You > can add as many more of these slimeballs as you wish. Search for > 'hosts file' and get one of the more complete and up to date ones to > see how many there are (usually many hundreds). > > Privacy is disappearing fast. Keep as much as you can..... Do you use the Redhat rpm?
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