[nflug] Another reason to not use M$ products...

Frank Kumro fkumro at gmail.com
Wed Nov 2 16:23:22 EST 2005


Honestly I have never heard about any rootkits for linux. Are they
open source too? Im not looking for the source to run them I just want
a better understanding of them.

On 11/2/05, David W. Aquilina <david at starkindler.us> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 02:37:22PM -0500, Frank Kumro wrote:
> > I've been hearing alot of this lately and each time only one response
> > comes to mind. Im so glad im using Linux. I cannot express my hatred
> > for windows and I dont even use it. Now thats love :)
>
> Well, just because we're all using linux doesn't mean we're automatically safe from these types of programs. There are plenty of rootkits out there and I've seen some pretty vicious ones.
>
> The key thing in this case, imo, is that instead of coming from someone who would be traditionally considered a disreputable source it comes from a large company, which would have been considered a trusted source in terms of not attempting to hijack your system when you install/run legitmate software from them.
>
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Frank
Shenanigans!!
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