The way that trojans work is connect to a port of your computer and
through your ip try to do whatever the trojan allows them too. I am talking
about trojans like Back Orifice and Netbus and many others that are very
similar. I assume that if you have a trojan in your computer in the
On Sat, 04 Sep 1999, you wrote:
Does anyone think it is neccesary to use AV programs for Linux?
If a Trojan is installed on my Windows partition, can people still access my
PC when I'm using Linux? Or are trojans boot virii so wont run unless I boot
win98?
You're safe while in Linux As
Trojans are programmed disquised as other programs. The user thinks
they are running one thing while underneath the program is doing
something else, usually something you'd rather it didn't. They are
executables so aren't involved in the boot up. That said, it is not
beyond a trojan, when
On Sun, 05 Sep 1999, you wrote:
On Sat, 04 Sep 1999, you wrote:
Does anyone think it is neccesary to use AV programs for Linux?
If a Trojan is installed on my Windows partition, can people still access my
PC when I'm using Linux? Or are trojans boot virii so wont run unless I boot
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] AV Progs?
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:) I only use root to install programs or games etc...
Why does logging in as root make it easier? I know that this
is the case, but
how come?
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Best Regards,
Paul Hendrick
http://www.btinternet.com/~engprin1/linux.htm
Paul Hendrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sun, 05 Sep 1999, you wrote:br On Sat, 04 Sep 1999, you wrote:br
Does anyone think it is neccesary to use AV programs for Linux?br If a
Trojan is installed on my Windows partition, can people still access mybr
PC when I'm using Linux? Or are trojans
On Sat, 04 Sep 1999, you wrote:
:) I only use root to install programs or games etc...
Why does logging in as root make it easier? I know that this is the case, but
how come?
Let me give you a clue...what can you ONLY do as "root" and not as
any other user Install programs and do other
