On 11/10/10, Patrick Bartek <bartek047@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > --- On Wed, 11/10/10, Andras Simon <szajmi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> On 11/10/10, Patrick Bartek <bartek047@xxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >> >> > I'm not running a server with the need for up-to-date >> security, but a >> > personal desktop that has more that sufficient >> security. After 10 years of >> > using various versions of Linux, I've yet to be >> infected or hacked. So, I >> > must be doing something right. I ran FC6 for >> almost a year past EOL before >> > finally upgrading to 9. Never had any problems. >> >> How do you know you haven't been infected or hacked? >> (I don't doubt that you do, just curious about how.) > > Lack of the usual indicators, that is, no odd application behavior, no > unusual slow-downs, no excessive CPU usage, no excessive or abnormal net (or > hard drive) activity, no crashes or freezes, no strange log reports, no > reports from friends about receiving spam e-mails from me that I never sent, > etc. > > I've spent enough time fixing friends' infected Windows machines that I've > gotten a "feel" for when something is amiss. It's not a definitive feeling, > just an indicator to start checking for something wrong. > I hope that you're not deluding yourself... Andras -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
