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From: Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com>
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Linux viruses
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 14:41:32 +0000 (UTC)
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On 2013-07-08, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
> Walter Dnes wrote:
>
> Questions. Can a virus infect the OS when running on Linux through
> java/javascript/flash?
Possibly. It would require use of a privledge-escalation exploit
(which have been found in the past for Linux).
> Or would the infection at the least be limited to that user?
Usually.
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