[OT] Spyware search/destroy for Linux?

[Pupeno]

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On Friday June 4 2004 23:36, Scott Holder wrote:
> There might be some worth to a Linux spyware remover capable of scanning
> and cleaning a Windows partition, like some Linux virus scanners do.
> There are some spywares that make it very difficult to remove while
> Windows is running, and last I checked there weren't any spyware
> removers for pure DOS (which is barely an option for NT4/2k/XP users
> anyway).
>
> Actually, I'd probably trust such a program rather more than one running
> in Windows, you never know what little hidey holes and nooks stuff can
> be hiding in while Windows is running. I suppose it's neither here nor
> there as far as KDE is concerned though.
As free software is free and anyone can do anything they like, if someone 
wants to develop such a tool, (s)he is totally free to do it and go ahead.
But I want to express my opinion. I think that developing such a tool is a 
waste of efforts that could be better spent in improving KDE to make Windows 
less needed and by doing that, you are also helping 'getting free of spyware' 
because as it was stated before, where KDE runs (linux, freebsd, openbsd, 
etc), spyware is unlikely to be developed.
- -- 
Pupeno: pupeno at pupeno.com - http://www.pupeno.com
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