From: Eighty Megabytes <emacsuser@freemail.hu>
To: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Does emacs cache something on windows when invoking call-process?
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 07:31:32 +0200 (CEST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <AxrZVw.THVM9qgNUms1.De7oKLLDbtr49N9zWt3M@freemail.hu> (raw)
> One more case of virus software being not just useless but even harmful.
> Just say no!
I wonder what the practical infection vectors for windows these days
if one is careful about installing stuff.
I don't install random binaries from the net. I do install precompiled
exes, but those are from known sources (e.g. git, emacs, etc.).
Firefox is a possible vector, because one visits lots of random sites with
it, so it may be possible that a site exploits some yet unknown security
hole.
So the question is: does the latter warrant running a virus a scanner or
is the danger so low that it's better to keep windows defender off?
next reply other threads:[~2019-07-10 5:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-07-10 5:31 Eighty Megabytes [this message]
2019-07-10 6:08 ` Does emacs cache something on windows when invoking call-process? ISHIKAWA,chiaki
2019-07-10 14:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-07-10 16:06 ` [OFFTOPIC] virus scanners (was: Does emacs cache something on windows when invoking call-process?) Stefan Monnier
2019-07-10 19:47 ` Emanuel Berg via help-gnu-emacs
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2019-07-10 21:10 Does emacs cache something on windows when invoking call-process? Eighty Megabytes
2019-07-10 8:34 Eighty Megabytes
2019-07-09 20:54 Eighty Megabytes
2019-07-09 21:30 ` Stefan Monnier
2019-07-09 17:08 Eighty Megabytes
2019-07-09 17:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-07-09 15:58 Eighty Megabytes
2019-07-09 16:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-07-09 14:03 Eighty Megabytes
2019-07-09 15:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
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