Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 15 Aug 2001 11:08:19 +0200 | From | Helge Hafting <> | Subject | Re: Is there something that can be done against this ??? |
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joseph.bueno@trader.com wrote: [...] > How many users are there that use a specific user account to read > their emails on their Linux workstation ? > I don't, I use my account to read mails, write documents, > develop programs,etc. So even if a malicious program does > not do any arm to the system, it can at least destroy or corrupt my > own files and I will loose time restoru=ing from last backup and > rebuilding recently modified files. > So you aren't reading mail as root - which is what any windows user do. I believe few people read mail from a "mail-only" account, but reading the mail is seldom dangerous. If someone mails you a unknown program though - definitely run that from a test account if you tries it at all.
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