Comments

• Yuhong Bao

  2010-04-26 23:20:22

  I'd not call Windows the threat here, I'd call the malware the threat.

• Dr. Roy Schestowitz

  2010-04-26 23:24:10

  It exploits Windows weaknesses. Architecturally, in Linux you would get applications from the repos most of the time.

• Yuhong Bao

  2010-04-26 23:39:50

  Well, looks like all it does is that it uses the hosts file to redirect users, which is a classic trick that works on all OSes. It would be different if it did something more, but... Architecturally, in Linux you would get applications from the repos most of the time. Yea, but it seems that Google Chrome extensions are supported on Linux.

• Dr. Roy Schestowitz

  2010-04-26 23:51:20

  IIRC, the hosts file in Linux sometimes requires root access (maybe it's a two-layer config).

• Yuhong Bao

  2010-04-26 23:59:39

  And I think Windows too require admin access.

• Jose_X

  2010-04-27 00:09:57

  The extension is .exe. Are people running Windows as "admin" or is there another weakness being exploited to give admin privileges or does Windows come with insecure default access?
  
  I just don't see a file ending in .exe as likely being a problem on Linux. I don't know the details (nor care) nor know how Windows works, but ....

• Dr. Roy Schestowitz

  2010-04-27 00:13:23

  Yuhong,
  
  if that's the case, then Chrome for Windows gets too much, privilege-wise.