Re: Linux & Porn

From: Jose Maria Lopez Hernandez (jkerouac_at_bgsec.com)
Date: 08/26/04 

Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 16:26:37 +0200

Liam Slider wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 10:49:17 -0700, Linux-Lover wrote:
>
>
>>When surfing for PORN use Linux - I've found that alot of XXX sites
>>try to execute win32 code; viruses, trojans etc. but if you're running
>>Linux you're virtually bulletproof. This is also a great way to
>>promote LINUX.
>
>
>
> Most porn sites are actually a cover for spyware infection. That's how
> they make their money. In fact I here that's how many of those phoney
> "top list" link sites operate, you know, the ones that seem to only lead
> to more such sites, but never any porn. A great many these days are just a
> front for spyware, downloaded and installed by IE.
>
> And you thought porn was a sleezy business.

Spyware it's not the worst thing about this kind of sites (that
obviously I never go to, it's a friend of mine who told me...)
the worst thing it's dialers. That's really scary. Mostly in Europe
where ADSL/DSL/Cable it's not as popular as in the USA.

Really using Linux to surf this sites it's definitively a good idea. 

-- 
Jose Maria Lopez Hernandez
Director Tecnico de bgSEC
jkerouac@bgsec.com
bgSEC Seguridad y Consultoria de Sistemas Informaticos
http://www.bgsec.com
ESPAŅA
The only people for me are the mad ones -- the ones who are mad to live,
mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time,
the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn
like fabulous yellow Roman candles.
                 -- Jack Kerouac, "On the Road"

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