Heh. 2009/12/15 db <db.pub.m...@gmail.com>: > You cannot just read the pre and post install instructions. If there > is a compiled binary how are you going to know what it does ? > > It isn't that simple. If it was simple to know if a piece of software > was dangerous antivirus companies would have a hard time :P
I think Chris was referring more to malwares that tries to do sneaky things via pre-post install scripts. Ofcourse to check the binary, one would have to do other trickery that aren't trivial. [...] -- Regards, Ishwor Gurung -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au