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Re: Can N900 get a virus?

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Originally Posted by etuoyo (Post 493340)

I keep getting msn messanger spam messages. Not sure how that happened. Does that mean my device could have a virus or is it just my msn with the problem? Is there a way to get rid of it?

spam you recieve on msn is NOT you're fault, its your friends that have the viruses.

hey guys,i am new to this forum and i would like to ask if i need an antivirus for my N900.

No you don't need any

Re: Are there Maemo viruses? Is anti-virus software available or necessary?

The following threads were combined to make this thread:

"AntiVirus" with twenty-nine posts
"Virus risks?" with thirteen posts
"Anti Virus" with three posts
"Anti-virus pgm for N810?" with twenty-seven posts
"Can N900 get a virus?" with nineteen posts
"antivirus" with two posts

I'm leaving this thread in "General" as this topic is a FAQ that spans all Maemo versions.

Re: Are there Maemo viruses? Is anti-virus software available or necessary?

What about pop ups that wont go away? Is there any way to stop this?

Re: Are there Maemo viruses? Is anti-virus software available or necessary?

That's java-script scare tactics. It works best on windows users and the .exe you have there is a neat trojan ;)

Re: Can N900 get a virus?

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Originally Posted by fatalsaint (Post 494289)

AFAIK: No gui password prompt program is available for the N900 and thus that specific solution would require manual work in making one. The other possibility is you set yourself a user password (leave root locked unless you have specific reason to need it), and then completely change your sudoers file to prompt for a password in order to gain root.

sudo can be configured to have a grace period with no password required after sudo with a password has been run. So, without changing any .desktop files or altering anything except a one time change to sudo configuration, a user could open a terminal session and type:

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sudo pwd

and enter the user password, then take any other action that invokes sudo and not need a password. After timestamp_timeout expires without a sudo command being executed, a password is again required. The default it to always require a password. timestamp_timeout is set by /etc/sudoers. The n900 /etc/sudoers file does not have an entry present for timestamp_timeout, so that would have to be added and the NOPASSWD entries would have to be changed as well.

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Originally Posted by fatalsaint (Post 494289)

However, you would then need to go through and modify every .desktop file and have it launch in a terminal window instead of directly so that your terminal will ask for the password. Not elegant, and certainly not easy... not to mention extremely likely to brick the device unless you know exactly what you're doing.

Re: Is there a Facebook Plugin for N900?

Hey guys,does the N900 need an antivirus and how do u use the secondary camera on the phone,cos i cant get mine on,sorry i had to buzz in cos am going off and on,could any 1 help

Re: Is there a Facebook Plugin for N900?

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Originally Posted by saksman (Post 553767)

Hey guys,does the N900 need an antivirus and how do u use the secondary camera on the phone,cos i cant get mine on,sorry i had to buzz in cos am going off and on,could any 1 help

N900 is based on Linux and I haven't heard of a virus out for Linux yet. Most Linux antiVirus software packages just scan for virus' on other platforms to avoid passing them on in infected programs.

If you mean the camera facing the user then the app in question needs to support it. Video calls over GTalk can work with it if the other end supports video calling too.

Anti virus for nokia N900

hi the owners of 900
as we are just a step back to have USB support for our device.
in case if it ll support flash disks and other storage devices as well.
don't we need a kind of antivirus to protect our device????