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Re: Linux Virus



> Like every so-called Linux virus, it requires the user to behave stupidly
> - it's really a trojan horse.  It has the same permission rules as any
> other program, so it can't change root-owned files, unless they are
> world-writable or you are running as root.
> The thing that's special about it is that it can infect both Windows and
> Linux executables - which is really quite impressive.  Otherwise it's
> nothing special.

What chances do we have to get a virus from a malicious .deb package
someone had leak into debian.org?

We always run apt-get as root.. dont we?


Regards

Roberto

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