Malware for Linux

[Greg Rundlett (freephile)]

On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Ben Scott <dragonhawk at gmail.com> wrote:
>   /cue the little girl from Poltergeist: "They're here..."
>
> "Multi-platform backdoor malware targets Windows, Mac and Linux users"
> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/07/11/backdoor-malware/
>

Gist of the story, you need to use anti-virus because you could visit
a compromised/intentionally nefarious website that asks your
permission to execute a Java program that *if you give it permission*,
will download malware onto your computer.

I think simple education (don't download or execute programs when you
don't trust the authenticity or origin) works better than anti-virus.
I also marvel at how Microsoft has CONTINUOUSLY trained their user
base to click furiously at any given opportunity in order to "get
things done".  So, I still believe the best thing for security
conscious people to do is to use GNU/Linux exclusively.

Greg Rundlett