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On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 19:16 +0000, Alan Pope wrote:
> 2009/12/14 Simon Robert <simon.robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > There has never been an example of a .deb file from a project website
> > installing one of these non-existent nasties!
> >
>
> Er..
>
> http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=gnome+look+malware
>
> > If there had been someone would have noticed fast! It would have been
> > all over forums like this one and the perps well and truly outed. So to
> > tell someone all this stuff about non existing dangers is paranoid,
> > irresponsible and hysterical.
> >
>
> http://linux.slashdot.org/story/09/12/09/2215253/Malware-Found-Hidden-In-Screensaver-On-Gnome-Look
>
> " 'Malware has been found hidden inside an innocuous 'waterfall'
> screensaver .deb file made available on popular artwork sharing site
> Gnome-Look.org."
>
> Cheers,
> Al.
>
exactly, this "malware" seems to have been around for a day before its
existance was splashed all over the web. 1 example, quickly found out...
(if it was real to start with).
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