Comments on: My first Linux virus? http://www.systemcall.org/blog/2007/09/my-first-linux-virus/ Security, development and a bit of madness Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:48:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eric http://www.systemcall.org/blog/2007/09/my-first-linux-virus/comment-page-1/#comment-106 Eric Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:45:41 +0000 http://systemcall.org/2007/09/07/my-first-linux-virus/#comment-106 You are aware that MS releases a new malicious software removal tool each month, right? If you tell Windows update to ignore one, it will offer you another eventually. Why not just delete the directory that it made when someone told it to install, it won't just install without you agreeing to an EULA, and continue on your way. I don't see how you could really stretch this issue into a Microsoft is the Devil post, it really is reaching. You are aware that MS releases a new malicious software removal tool each month, right? If you tell Windows update to ignore one, it will offer you another eventually. Why not just delete the directory that it made when someone told it to install, it won’t just install without you agreeing to an EULA, and continue on your way. I don’t see how you could really stretch this issue into a Microsoft is the Devil post, it really is reaching.

]]> By: Mark http://www.systemcall.org/blog/2007/09/my-first-linux-virus/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Mark Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:00:14 +0000 http://systemcall.org/2007/09/07/my-first-linux-virus/#comment-105 "Get rid of your son’s games.. they don’t contribute to anything other than stupidity and wasting time anyway. Teach him the value of learning something instead of wasting his brain on useless games." To Jeff Anderson, I just had to comment. For God's sake, lighten up. He's a kid, just let him be one. Soon enough, he'll be wearing tartan slippers and smoking a pipe while reading The Times just like you. “Get rid of your son’s games.. they don’t contribute to anything other than stupidity and wasting time anyway. Teach him the value of learning something instead of wasting his brain on useless games.”

To Jeff Anderson,

I just had to comment. For God’s sake, lighten up. He’s a kid, just let him be one. Soon enough, he’ll be wearing tartan slippers and smoking a pipe while reading The Times just like you.

]]> By: BiT http://www.systemcall.org/blog/2007/09/my-first-linux-virus/comment-page-1/#comment-73 BiT Wed, 26 Dec 2007 19:20:49 +0000 http://systemcall.org/2007/09/07/my-first-linux-virus/#comment-73 Hm very good Hm very good

]]> By: Winblowa http://www.systemcall.org/blog/2007/09/my-first-linux-virus/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Winblowa Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:38:33 +0000 http://systemcall.org/2007/09/07/my-first-linux-virus/#comment-74 I ditched windows and installed ubuntu. Simplicity comes at a cost however. I had to install quite a few programs, codecs, drivers, etc... To make it work optimally on my PC. Very easy to do though. I ditched windows and installed ubuntu. Simplicity comes at a cost however. I had to install quite a few programs, codecs, drivers, etc… To make it work optimally on my PC. Very easy to do though.

]]> By: Munich Unix » My first linux virus? http://www.systemcall.org/blog/2007/09/my-first-linux-virus/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Munich Unix » My first linux virus? Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:49:41 +0000 http://systemcall.org/2007/09/07/my-first-linux-virus/#comment-75 [...] read more | digg story [...] [...] read more | digg story [...]

]]> By: rengolin http://www.systemcall.org/blog/2007/09/my-first-linux-virus/comment-page-1/#comment-76 rengolin Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:42:36 +0000 http://systemcall.org/2007/09/07/my-first-linux-virus/#comment-76 Hi Carl, with the ext3 driver I thought I could let a shared disk that both could write (not the case of NTFS) but I don't want Windows to be root in my /home. What I'm doing now is to have an external harddisk via USB as ext3 mounted with the same module but only with backup data, ie. I'll never execute anything directly from the disk. I know it's not perfectly safe but it's working so far... Hi Carl, with the ext3 driver I thought I could let a shared disk that both could write (not the case of NTFS) but I don’t want Windows to be root in my /home.

What I’m doing now is to have an external harddisk via USB as ext3 mounted with the same module but only with backup data, ie. I’ll never execute anything directly from the disk.

I know it’s not perfectly safe but it’s working so far…

]]> By: Carl http://www.systemcall.org/blog/2007/09/my-first-linux-virus/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Carl Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:15:16 +0000 http://systemcall.org/2007/09/07/my-first-linux-virus/#comment-77 Well I run WinXP and mepis 6.5, and used to use ntfs-3g all the time, but eventually corrupted my win partition (I used to keep my music on ntfs partition and played with amarok). Now I only let ext3 driver use a separate ext3 partition and never my home or root! I use winxp for transcoding media files (as its painfully slow in xp under vmware). Well I run WinXP and mepis 6.5, and used to use ntfs-3g all the time, but eventually corrupted my win partition (I used to keep my music on ntfs partition and played with amarok). Now I only let ext3 driver use a separate ext3 partition and never my home or root! I use winxp for transcoding media files (as its painfully slow in xp under vmware).

]]> By: rengolin http://www.systemcall.org/blog/2007/09/my-first-linux-virus/comment-page-1/#comment-78 rengolin Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:06:44 +0000 http://systemcall.org/2007/09/07/my-first-linux-virus/#comment-78 Excuse me, were you unhappy because you had to restart your network??? On Windows I have to install the driver from CD (and reboot) to make my wired interface work! You would probably think that this is 'normal', wouldn't you? Excuse me, were you unhappy because you had to restart your network???

On Windows I have to install the driver from CD (and reboot) to make my wired interface work! You would probably think that this is ‘normal’, wouldn’t you?

]]> By: Robert http://www.systemcall.org/blog/2007/09/my-first-linux-virus/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Robert Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:09:00 +0000 http://systemcall.org/2007/09/07/my-first-linux-virus/#comment-79 I'm a happy camper ever since XP SP2 came out. Tried Ubuntu 7.04 a while ago, got no network (ifconfig eth0 up, service network restart did the trick), was disappointed once again and remove Linux permanently from my computer. I’m a happy camper ever since XP SP2 came out. Tried Ubuntu 7.04 a while ago, got no network (ifconfig eth0 up, service network restart did the trick), was disappointed once again and remove Linux permanently from my computer.

]]> By: rvincoletto http://www.systemcall.org/blog/2007/09/my-first-linux-virus/comment-page-1/#comment-80 rvincoletto Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:55:28 +0000 http://systemcall.org/2007/09/07/my-first-linux-virus/#comment-80 Hi! Information Security Carnival 3rd edition is up <a href=http://infosec.multiply.com/journal/item/9/Information_Security_Carnival_-_3rd_edition>here</a>, and your article was selected! Comment, link to us! Spread the word! Hi!
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