Screensaver takes too much time to fade-out...

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Thu, 2011-12-15 at 12:29 -0800, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 12/15/2011 12:01 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> > There are some other attack vectors.  For example you download an audio
> > recording or get one in your email and it starts up with a message that
> > a codec is needed and you ALLOW it.  Thing is that codec that is
> > retrieved is malware.  So in this case either firefox or your emailing
> > (thunderbird?) started things.
> 
> I was under the impression that codecs were executables and as such, OS 
> specific.  I presume that a Windows codec/trojan could run under wine if 
> you have it installed, but would it be able to do any damage?  Enquiring 
> minds want to *KNOW!*

They're usually libraries and may be cross-platform, e.g. the mplayer
non-free codecs are designed for Windows but work in Linux as well.

poc