[Wylug-help] ad/spyware

[John Hodrien]

On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, Roger Leigh wrote:

> 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).

Protection afforded to you by building from source?

jh

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