>>> "John" == John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
John> On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, you wrote:
>> Is there a virus protection software package for Linux? Where
>> can I get it if there is???
>>
John> Don't surf the 'Net as Root and you have little to worry
John> about. :-) There is very little that can be done to your
John> Linux box unless you run a hostile app as root (or SU.)
[snip]
Question: if I have my checking account information accessed by cbb
(Check Book Balancer http://cbb.sourceforge.net), all my data files
live in ~/.cbb, and are owned by mike.mike, permissions 100600.
If I received a virus, and I was running as "mike", and the virus was
running as "mike", would not the virus be able to delete or change the
cbb data files?
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Dec 17 Feria
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