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Jerry Turba wrote: |
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> I've heard a lot lately about software keyloggers that can be |
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> installed on a computer while surfing the net, and how big a security |
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> problem they have become. What is the Linux/Gentoo approach to block |
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> keyloggers? I do not run any antivirus or anti spyware programs (I |
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> don't even network with Windows) only Shorewall. |
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> Are keyloggers a form of a virus and do not present a great danger to |
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> Linux? Should I be safe if I keep up on updates and the glsa? |
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> Thanks for any info. |
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I would assume that you would have to install the keylogger on Linux, if |
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you wanted it. Linux is not like windoze. It is a bit hard to install |
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something and you not know it. I get emails with viruses all the time |
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and I click on them, I have never got any infection though. Basically, |
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if you type in emerge <keylogger> then it will get installed. If you do |
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not do that, I wouldn't be worried about it. Linux, even in a basic |
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setup is just not going to run a windoze program or install a windoze |
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virus. I seem to recall reading somewhere that 99.99% of viruses are |
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for windoze. The only one you have to really worry about on Linux is a |
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rootkit, unless you have a very very old setup. |
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If you have wine or some other windoze emulator thingy, then you may can |
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get it then but from what I have read it is confined to the wine part |
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and does not affect Linux itself. |
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All that is based on what I have read. I don't have windoze here, I |
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don't run Wine either. I wouldn't buy a computer that has windoze on |
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it. If someone gives me wone that does have windoze on it, I format the |
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drive and install Linux. |
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Dale |
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:-) |
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To err is human, I'm most certainly human. |
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I have four rigs: |
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1: Home built; Abit NF7 ver 2.0 w/ AMD 2500+ CPU, 1GB of ram and right now two 80GB hard drives. |
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2: Home built; Iwill KK266-R w/ AMD 1GHz CPU, 256MBs of ram and a 4GB drive. |
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3: Home built; Gigabyte GA-71XE4 w/ 800MHz CPU, 128MBs of ram and a 2.5GB drive. |
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4: Compaq Proliant 6000 Server w/ Quad 200MHz CPUs, 128MBs of ram and a 4.3GB SCSI drive. |
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All run Gentoo, all run folding. #1 is my desktop, 2, 3, and 4 are set up as servers. |
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