On 8/25/08, Arun Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Funny perhaps to you :( I too thought my desktop was immune to such > vulnerabilities. Yes, I am sure the <dir>.exe files were not there > before inserting the pen drive. >
Could you give the reasoning behind this surety that the <dir>.exe files were not present before you inserted the pen drive? > > > Because, by logic and theory, the executable on the pen-drive CANNOT > > execute on Linux. A windows executable CANNOT run on Linux. > > > I do not know how the files got installed. I am suspecting something > was in the autorun.inf. Umm, I would consider installing WINE as a security threat. Looks like I have to say the same for Gnome as well now :) -aditya -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: ([email protected]) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
