Gayn Winters wrote:
I was wondering if anyone had had any trouble with spyware on their
FreeBSD systems, or if we are too small a group of consumers for the
spyware vendors to attack?
So far I don't think I have spyware on my machine,
but since I don't strictly monitor my net traffic and
since I haven't reviewed the source code of my installed programs
(or the FreeBSD source, for that matter)
I don't know for sure.
How immune is a FreeBSD system from spyware?
As secure as the "weakest" software you're running on it.
For sure, we should all be
following the standard advice of NEVER surfing the web using the root
account!
But you probably install software with root privileges.
Thus a modification of this question is: if we do not surf the
web using root, can we still get infected with spyware?
Yes, if the software you use has a vulnerability and
yes, if the software you're installing has spyware in it,
then it will be installed with the privileges you use for
installation.
Regards,
lars.
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