[papasmurf]

Yeah--his terminology is wrong, but it's still valid that malware can corrupt your linux machine...

...IF you are running KDE or Gnome, and IF you open an attachment, and IF you have Python installed, and IF the Moon is in the 7th House, and IF...

Honestly, if someone opens an attachment that they aren't sure of, regardless of their OS, they deserve to be walloped by malware/virus/trojan, and a frying pan to the head!

[ShadowAce]

Understood. But now no one can honestly say that we tout the invulnerability of *nix.

:)

[Richard Kimball]

And Jupiter aligns with Mars...

Yeah, social engineering can get people to install software that's bad for their system. FWIW, on my Mac, there are several flags to warn you, but you can overcome them. First, if you download an application, you're warned it's an application before it completes download. Second, even if you're logged in as an administrator, you still have to enter the admin password to install (that's a serious flag.) Third, the first time a program executes, you have to give it permission to run, permission to access the keychain, and permission to access the internet.

But YES, if you ignore all this, you CAN install a trojan on a Mac. I suspect the same is true for Linux.