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Kaspersky releases a malware scanner for Linux systems

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Re: Kaspersky releases a malware scanner for Linux systems

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Post by rvnx »

Rinzler89 wrote: post #8
Shock9889 wrote: post #3

I like the audacity to suggest "downloading" a random closed-sourced 166MB .run script that will scan my system and send data to KGB

But can I interest you in an OS that will send your data to NSA instead?

With Kaspersky you have the guarantee it won’t be sent to NSA since it is Russian.

Re: Kaspersky releases a malware scanner for Linux systems

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Post by threeseed »

Rinzler89 wrote: post #8
Shock9889 wrote: post #3

I like the audacity to suggest "downloading" a random closed-sourced 166MB .run script that will scan my system and send data to KGB

But can I interest you in an OS that will send your data to NSA instead?

Since we are talking about Linux.

I assume you have a link to the source code where this is happening.

Re: Kaspersky releases a malware scanner for Linux systems

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Post by gmuslera »

lost_my_passwd wrote: post #6

What are the ways in which viruses and other types of malware can infect a Linux system?

Downloading binaries from should-not-be-trusted sources, and executing/installing them is one way. There is some irony on having to do exactly that with this scanner. But, anyway, you may not have everything you want in your distribution, so you may have to resort to that in some cases.

There are more subtler ways to download binaries and scripts from elsewhere, depending on what you use, like Steam games, python/js/perl/etc repositories , browser extensions, adding new distribution repositories, and so on. Everything should be safe enough and should be checked, but as the xz problem showed, that is not a fail-proof guarantee.

Re: Kaspersky releases a malware scanner for Linux systems

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Post by lionkor »

lost_my_passwd wrote: post #6

What are the ways in which viruses and other types of malware can infect a Linux system?

Manually downloaded scripts from websites, which are then run as root. The website will tell you that thats how it works, and to "trust me bro".

The target audience is the same "computer expert" who runs anything he downloads onto his Windows 7 PC as admin, because that solves a lot of issues usually™.

Re: Kaspersky releases a malware scanner for Linux systems

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Post by lionkor »

Beijinger wrote: post #13
malfist wrote: post #2

It's good to have more antivirus options on Linux, but why should we trust Kaspersky? They've been implicated in hacking for the Russian government

Source for the second statement?

Asking for the source usually gets you marked as part of the big russian botnet™

tread carefully, stalker

Re: Kaspersky releases a malware scanner for Linux systems

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Post by threeseed »

Beijinger wrote: post #13
malfist wrote: post #2

It's good to have more antivirus options on Linux, but why should we trust Kaspersky? They've been implicated in hacking for the Russian government

Source for the second statement?

They might be referring to this.

According to InformNapalm, "managers of the Kaspersky Lab neural network development team created the on-board AI system for the Russian Albatross drones."

https://www.twz.com/news-features/ukraine-situation-report-f...

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