Marius Gavrilescu <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 10:19:46AM +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote: >> These are real-life viruses that should not be distributed >> using Debian's FTP server (IMHO). > >Even if they wre real, they would be "real-life" MS Windows viruses in >emails in a debian package. For someone to get "infected" they would >have >to run MS Windows, download a debian package, unpack it, open a file >named >"virusN" in an email viewer and run the attached file. > >However, as far as I know they're not actual viruses, they're just made >to >look like them (i.e. they contain the signatures, but not the harmful >code). > >Therefore they're harmless. Correct. Scott K -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
