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If you intentionally install something called Free Download Manager, you should not be surprised when it turns out to be malware.
by NotYourLawyer 3y ago
If you intentionally install something called Free Download Manager, you should not be surprised when it turns out to be malware.
- mulmen 3y agoYeah who would ever trust a free BSD?
- failuser 3y agoThat’s right, security-minded people trust OpenBSD instead.
- mulmen 3y agoAnd Open File Manager! The point here is it’s actually really hard to identify scammy software by name. It only seems that way with extensive domain knowledge. As adoption of Linux continues to grow more people will be duped.
- rollcat 3y ago...which conveniently routinely breaks binaries between stable releases ;) (Obviously joking, nothing but love for OpenBSD.)
- hobobaggins 3y agoAre you saying that maybe it should have been named Linux Download Manager to fool more people, or Debian Download Manager? Proving trust is hard.
- NotYourLawyer 3y agoI would only trust it if the name were some inscrutable string of lowercase letters, preferably referencing a programming in-joke about recursion.
- giancarlostoro 3y agoIf it's not in the main Debian repositories, I don't know that the majority of Linux users would install it.