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  1. 12-10-2009 #1
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    Malware hidden inside Gnome Screensaver!!!

    'Malware has been found hidden inside an innocuous 'waterfall' screensaver .deb file made available on popular artwork sharing site Gnome-Look.org. The .deb file installs a script with elevated privileges designed to perform a DDoS attack as well as keep itself updated via downloads. The dodgy screensaver in question has since been removed from gnome-look, and this incident was a very basic, if potentially successful, attempt.'
    http://linux.slashdot.org/story/09/1...%28Slashdot%29

    http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/12...-vulnerabilit/

    http://digitizor.com/2009/12/10/ubun...n-screensaver/
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    There's always a first time... now let's hope we all learn form it, eh?
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    Original report here:

    http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2009/12/m...or-ubuntu.html
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    Haha, I like one of the /. comments...
    This is a trojan, could have happened to anyone
    It indeed could have.. but considering we tout ourselves as bulletproof under Linux... the reality is quite different.

    Common sense is a must, however.
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    wow, whoever did this isn't much of a dumbass as everyone trusts gnome-look and trusts that you can download anything on linux. Thankfully i didn't get infected.

    Totally not a Windows Vista User, uTorrent user or an Office 2007 user.
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