[Wylug-help] ad/spyware

[Nik Jewell]

Roger Leigh wrote:

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>chris <c.mackins at bradford.ac.uk> writes:
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>>As far as I'm aware, and from what I seem to have picked up from
>>googling etc - just like virus defence, I need not worry about
>>this. Is this the case - or, if not, what software is recommended
>>for installation.
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>>Just for piece of mind folks.
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>There are no "wild" viruses for Linux, and spyware is not an issue
>given that software is not ever installed without your knowledge,
>providing you use common sense (use vendor packages, build from
>source).
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>That's not so say this will not ever change, but it certainly hasn't
>been a problem to date.  I certainly don't lose sleep over it.
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No protecton per se against intrusive advertising and tracking cookies
though.

Use and configure Firefox (on XP at work too).

Nik