On 09/12/2009 18:25, Johnathon Tinsley wrote: > Matthew Wild wrote: > >> 2009/12/9 Andrew Drapper<and...@drapper.com>: >> >>> It may not be the same as a sandbox, but what about installing software that >>> you are not sure about in a virtual ubuntu inside you main ubuntu say >>> using virtualbox? >>> >>> >> This particular malware did nothing (so far) to the host machine, it >> simply used it (and collectively all the other machines it was >> installed on) to flood another server. Basically a primitive (yet >> effective) botnet. In this respect, if the virtual machine had network >> access, the malware would work still, it just wouldn't have the >> potential to harm *your* computer. >> >> > It wouldn't be hard to make this more effective either. The really scary > trojan *(whose name eludes me right now)*, managed to use effective > algorithmically generated domain names for its update download location. > And you can hide the packages files, even corrupt the debian packaging > system to stop it from knowing about all the files you've installed... > > Are you referring to the Windows one, Conficker?
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