Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 20th Mar 2006 07:31 UTC
There's a software product coming that has the potential to demote spyware from a security priority to an afterthought: Windows Vista. Spyware has become a serious security problem for users of Microsoft's operating system over the past years, giving rise to a host of third-party tools to fight the insidious software. But perhaps the best defensive program has yet to ship, some analysts believe.
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...there are no adware/spyware/malware in Linux, at least none that I've seen in the many years of using it.
Then you haven't used it much, or at least, not commercially. I've seen 4 distinct rootkits for compromised systems in the last 6 years. Granted, all were on systems that didn't exercise Linux best practices (number one being run a system with current patches) but they are definitely out there.
In every case, running a system with all known patches updated would have prevented the compromise.
1) Run a current O/S, with current patches applied. That alone is probably 97% of the problem, whether you're running 'Doze, Macinslosh, or Linux.
2) When the computer does anything unexpected, don't agree. Close the window - FAST.
3) For Windows, run current antivirus/antispyware. For Mac/Linux, install all updates regularly.
Oh, and did I mention that you need to run all current updates and patches?