Linux Viruses (trojan,worm,spyware)

[cosplay]

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Yep. Smart move.

[eax]

No virus, trojans, and spywares as long you don't use the root account. For me, when I install packages does not belong to the repository, I'll first the file signature like MD5SUM SHA.

[catch]

MD5SUM isn't about checking for trojans, viruses and such but it only checks for data quality, that is, if you have downloaded the file, correctly.

[eax]

MD5SUM isn't about checking for trojans, viruses and such but it only checks for data quality, that is, if you have downloaded the file, correctly.

I think na pud na kung ang file naay virus kay ma change ang signature niya.

Para mag-lisud masudlan ug virus ang Linux kay puwede man ka mag-download sa source code. Ikaw ang mo compile sa program. You don't download the executable files only the source code. At least makita nimo sa code kung viral ba siya or dili.

Rule of Thumb sa Linux is "Don't use the root account". In some distros like Ubuntu disabled ang root account. Though you can sudo it.

[cosplay]

Powerful na man daan ang user-mode. BTW, MD5 sums can also be checked kung na mod ba slightly ang signature, kay if dili pareha, you need to download it again. There are many reasons why dili mag pareha... could be corrupt ang pagka download, naay pakapin virus imong download, or guba ang connection...

[javapenguin]

I agree with eax, you can match the md5sum or sha1sum, but first of all it must be coming from a safe site, who really has the time to check thousands of lines of source code anyway?