Viruses(?) in LOVE?

[StormsAndOceans]

Be careful. Some malware (like the win.pinfi) will embed itself into *.exe. Also, as a long time linux user, always make sure you trust the source. Make sure you're downloading the love.exe from the love2d.org website, or compiling it from the offical source code repo, otherwise, it is VERY easy for folks to add stuff, compile it, and redistribute it to victims.

I used the front page to get the download.

I'm not a moron :/

[josefnpat]

Be careful. Some malware (like the win.pinfi) will embed itself into *.exe. Also, as a long time linux user, always make sure you trust the source. Make sure you're downloading the love.exe from the love2d.org website, or compiling it from the offical source code repo, otherwise, it is VERY easy for folks to add stuff, compile it, and redistribute it to victims.

I used the front page to get the download.

I'm not a moron :/

I made no implication, I'm just saying that it's importiant to trust your source.

[T-Bone]

Or you could just use Linux and never worry

[Taehl]

Or you could just use Linux and parrot the no-virii-in-Linux propaganda

FTFY
Infected Linux boxes make the best botnet controllers, just so you know. It's surprisingly common.

[Robin]

Infected Linux boxes make the best botnet controllers, just so you know. It's surprisingly common.

Got any data or more information about that?

[Taehl]

Infected Linux boxes make the best botnet controllers, just so you know. It's surprisingly common.

Got any data or more information about that?

Yep, sure do. Here's another article. And on and on. Trust me, while Linux systems doesn't suffer from infection as often as Windows systems, a huge part of that is due to the users, not some magic bulletproof kernel or whatever. Also, last I heard, Linux still hadn't completely fixed all of its buffer overrun issues (though honestly I haven't researched this in a while... Is ASLR finally standard on all kernels now?).

Anyway, sorry about being off-topic. This is a bit of a pet peeve of mine.

[josefnpat]

Infected Linux boxes make the best botnet controllers, just so you know. It's surprisingly common.

Got any data or more information about that?

Yep, sure do. Here's another article. And on and on. Trust me, while Linux systems doesn't suffer from infection as often as Windows systems, a huge part of that is due to the users, not some magic bulletproof kernel or whatever. Also, last I heard, Linux still hadn't completely fixed all of its buffer overrun issues (though honestly I haven't researched this in a while... Is ASLR finally standard on all kernels now?).

Anyway, sorry about being off-topic. This is a bit of a pet peeve of mine.

Linux boxes are probably the easiest to infect by a moronic user. Windows and OS X stop the users from doing dumb things, whereas linux sort of giggles when you do stupid stuff. It probably does this in unused parts of it's ram. Maybe in the floppy drive now that it's not being used much anymore.

But seriously, trust your sources. Don't just download code, make sure it's coming from a repository that you feel you can trust (eg Canonical)

[StormsAndOceans]

But seriously, trust your sources. Don't just download code, make sure it's coming from a repository that you feel you can trust (eg Canonical)

But it's less often that Linux users are stupid when it comes to technology.

[josefnpat]

But seriously, trust your sources. Don't just download code, make sure it's coming from a repository that you feel you can trust (eg Canonical)

But it's less often that Linux users are stupid when it comes to technology.

What an interesting coincidence

[Taehl]

What an interesting coincidence

What's that? Something which is very hard to use, and requires higher than average computer ability to merely install, tends to have fewer users, who coincidentally have higher than average computer ability (since they had to install it in the first place)? Shocking!