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Subject: Re: [kde] Spyware search/destroy for Linux?
From: Scott Holder <ncc1701 () mindspring ! com>
Date: 2004-06-05 2:36:33
Message-ID: 40C131B1.2050801 () mindspring ! com
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Chad Robinson wrote:
> Spyware? What spyware? There's spyware for Linux?
>
> =)
>
> It's too much of a pain in the rear to be worth making spyware for
> Linux, and the people you'd be targeting are the most likely to a)
> discover your intentions and b) stop them. The Windows market is so
> lucrative that it'll probably be a long while before you encounter this.
> And because solution SOLVER people (like spyware search/destroy) follow
> PROBLEMS you won't find spyware removal tools until there's spyware to
> remove.
>
> -Chad
There might be some worth to a Linux spyware remover capable of scanning
and cleaning a Windows partition, like some Linux virus scanners do.
There are some spywares that make it very difficult to remove while
Windows is running, and last I checked there weren't any spyware
removers for pure DOS (which is barely an option for NT4/2k/XP users
anyway).
Actually, I'd probably trust such a program rather more than one running
in Windows, you never know what little hidey holes and nooks stuff can
be hiding in while Windows is running. I suppose it's neither here nor
there as far as KDE is concerned though.
Scott Holder
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