Re: [ubuntu-uk] Android hit by rogue app viruses

2011-03-03 Thread Anton Piatek
I can't believe they compare Facebook to OSS. as if they are similar... - Anton Piatek email: an...@piatek.co.uk blog/photos: http:// www.strangeparty.com pgp: [74B1FA37] (http:// www.strangeparty.com/anton.asc) No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message, however, a significant number

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Android hit by rogue app viruses

2011-03-03 Thread Anton Piatek
- Anton Piatek email: an...@piatek.co.uk blog/photos: http:// www.strangeparty.com pgp: [74B1FA37] (http:// www.strangeparty.com/anton.asc) No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message, however, a significant number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. On 3 Mar 2011 20:34, "Vince M

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Android hit by rogue app viruses

2011-03-03 Thread Vince Marsters
On Thu, 2011-03-03 at 20:24 +, Barry Titterton wrote: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12633923 > > They sound more like trojans than viruses to my untrained ear. > I expect the same would apply to any linux system if you installed a bad > software package; the malicious code would then

[ubuntu-uk] Android hit by rogue app viruses

2011-03-03 Thread Barry Titterton
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12633923 They sound more like trojans than viruses to my untrained ear. I expect the same would apply to any linux system if you installed a bad software package; the malicious code would then be free to do what it liked. Though it does say towards the end of t