[Gllug] Virus on Linux/Mac

[Chris Jones]

Hi

Pete Stean wrote:
> so you'd get a terminal popping up, unrequested, asking for your root
> password?   I wouldn't be typing in my root password if that happened
> - I'd be running away from my machine thinking it had a ghost  :\  lol

No you'd get the normal Ubuntu graphical privilege escalation requestor,
which asks for your password and greys out the rest of the screen.
You might not type your password in, and I wouldn't either....

> I have to admit though, I've installed Ubuntu on a few users machines
> who would input the password without thinking, and not consider which

Bingo.

Cheers,
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Chris Jones
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