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Malware Threat To GNOME and KDE

Posted by timothy on from the turducken dept.

commandlinegamer writes "foobar posted on his blog recently about 'How to write a Linux virus in 5 easy steps,' detailing potential malware infection risks in the .desktop file format used by GNOME and KDE. This is not a new threat, and it appears to still be a risk, as discussions in 2006 did not seem to come to any firm conclusion on how to deal with the problem." There's a followup on LWN.

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  1. Solution by Spazztastic · · Score: 5, Funny

    Use Linux... wait, shit. We need a new answer, guys.

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  2. Great news by AlHunt · · Score: 5, Funny

    So we have a long-known, unaddressed vulnerability and easily accessible instructions on writing a Linux virus.

    Does this mean Linux is finally "ready for the desktop"?

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    1. Re:Great news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      No, it means malware is finally ready for the .desktop

  3. Re:Did you even RTFA? by styryx · · Score: 5, Funny

    You are right and I am wrong.

    W...w...wh....what the fuck just happened?! Am I on the internet still?