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Special desktop files and untrusted mediaSpecial desktop files and untrusted mediaPosted Feb 12, 2009 14:18 UTC (Thu) by pboddie (guest, #50784)In reply to: How to write a Linux virus in 5 easy steps by drag Parent article: How to write a Linux virus in 5 easy steps
Well they are not executed, per say, but they are interpreted by your nautilus browser. It's like RISC OS's !Boot file mechanism where the desktop environment would scan application directories and run !Boot files to set up icons and file types (and potentially do other stuff): supposedly great for convenience, but a great way of spreading malware in a way not dissimilar to the "autorun" behaviour of media under Windows (where the malware may well be some media company's latest rootkit). A quick review of prior art would surely have paid dividends here, but I guess (or would hope) that the ROX Desktop people guard against such attacks, at least, given the RISC OS inspiration of that project. Everyone else should do less posturing and more homework.
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