Topic: Your Linux system may have an infection

[TechPro]

Do you use Linux?  Do you use the Unreal IRC server?  If you answer yes to both of those, you may have been pwned.  Read on:

Linux Infection (trojan backdoor actually) in Unreal IRC download

Ed Bott blogs about it

[Matthew]

Only linux? How odd. Why wouldn't they infect ALL releases?

[karx-elf-erx]

You noticed that the trojan can only run with the privileges the IRC process has, didn't you?

Nobody here runs his Linux box as admin by default, or do you?

[Matthew]

You noticed that the trojan can only run with the privileges the IRC process has, didn't you?

Nobody here runs his Linux box as admin by default, or do you?

I don't use linux, but it's probably on the list of stupid things I'd do... (I do it on windows because I CBA to bother with user accounts and transferring all my shizzle to a new non-admin account, then having to change accounts whenever I wanna change a little setting)

[TechPro]

I don't use linux, but it's probably on the list of stupid things I'd do... (I do it on windows because I CBA to bother with user accounts and transferring all my shizzle to a new non-admin account, then having to change accounts whenever I wanna change a little setting)

Me thinketh you don't have any knowledge on the subject.  Some experience might do you a lot of good, young grasshopper. 

[Matthew]

I don't use linux, but it's probably on the list of stupid things I'd do... (I do it on windows because I CBA to bother with user accounts and transferring all my shizzle to a new non-admin account, then having to change accounts whenever I wanna change a little setting)

Me thinketh you don't have any knowledge on the subject.  Some experience might do you a lot of good, young grasshopper. 

On the linux subject or the windows subject?

[TechPro]

Linux.  Was our discussion about Windows?

[Matthew]

Linux.  Was our discussion about Windows?

Linux. Where could you possibly get the idea I'm new to linux? I still think I understand linux enough to know that running it under admin is stupid. And is also the kind of stupid, lazy thing I'd do.

[VANGUARD]

not really. maybe this game thing or whatever you're talking about is different, but I think it's alot safer on Linux. I've been using Madrake/Mandriva sincve 2006.
Not a single virus. No issues, no crashes.
It's a great system!

[Matthew]

Was Karx's comment perhaps sarcasm, then?

[-<WillyP>-]

I think Karx meant that the virus needed admin privileges to run.

[Thomas]

You noticed that the trojan can only run with the privileges the IRC process has, didn't you?

Nobody here runs his Linux box as admin by default, or do you?

It seems you believe that makes it less serious.
If you do, you're mistaken.

[Matthew]

I think Karx meant that the virus needed admin privileges to run.

And Techpro seems to be implying that everyone runs Linux as admin.

[Thomas]

I think Karx meant that the virus needed admin privileges to run.

And Techpro seems to be implying that everyone runs Linux as admin.

I've got to tell you that yours as well as WillyP's statement are both wrong and that Karx's comment lacks a minimum of common sense and technical insight.

As far as I can see, Techpro didn't imply anything. There's nothing to imply anyway.

Facts are here:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40820
Anything else is speculation.

[Matthew]

I think Karx meant that the virus needed admin privileges to run.

And Techpro seems to be implying that everyone runs Linux as admin.

I've got to tell you that yours as well as WillyP's statement are both wrong and that Karx's comment lacks a minimum of common sense and technical insight.

As far as I can see, Techpro didn't imply anything. There's nothing to imply anyway.

Facts are here:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40820
Anything else is speculation.

Well then techpro is just plain confusing.