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2009/12/14 Simon Robert <simon.robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > There has never been an example of a .deb file from a project website > installing one of these non-existent nasties! > Er.. http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=gnome+look+malware > If there had been someone would have noticed fast! It would have been > all over forums like this one and the perps well and truly outed. So to > tell someone all this stuff about non existing dangers is paranoid, > irresponsible and hysterical. > http://linux.slashdot.org/story/09/12/09/2215253/Malware-Found-Hidden-In-Screensaver-On-Gnome-Look " 'Malware has been found hidden inside an innocuous 'waterfall' screensaver .deb file made available on popular artwork sharing site Gnome-Look.org." Cheers, Al. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html