[Gllug] Virus on Linux/Mac

[Caroline Ford]

On Fri, 2007-09-21 at 22:45 +0100, Christopher Currie wrote:

> But it would soon get spotted if it used the word 'Ubuntu'. It would have to 
> work on the growing number of distros that are modified ubuntu, and would 
> have to use the same phraseology for each distro as each distro used in order 
> to fool the naive user on each. 
> 
> If the popup says 'Ubuntu needs' and the user thinks he's using  Spearmint,  
> WhizzoLinux, or even Kubuntu, he'll just say 'who the hell's Ubuntu'? and 
> click 'no'.
> 
> > sudo is only secure if you know what you are
> >doing, unfortunately it is also necessary for desktop linux as home users
> >cannot not have root access. 
> 
> This box has only home users (I hope!), and only one of them ever has root 
> access, and the others have been using it happily for years without that, and 
> without needing to do their own upgrades.

The gksu popup doesn't mention the name of the OS. It says something
like

"This application requires administrative privileges to run. "

Ubuntu always chooses usability above security. I don't know whether it
is any different on its server edition. 

Caroline

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