Once I finished a reasonable "Known Linux Viruses" poster, I thought it would be interesting to create another poster on the same lines saying "Known Linux Spyware". Instead of a list, there would be a big "?" in the middle of the poster.

To make sure that this was a reasonable claim to make, I went looking on the Internet for any mention of spyware for Linux. Webroot's annual "State of Spyware" report hasn't listed any, ever, but Wikipedia makes an uncited claim that there is spyware for Linux and Mac OS X.

The fact that there are no Linux anti-spyware applications makes me think that someone is trying out some spyware FUD on Wikipedia's Spyware entry. Sure, there is malware software, and I'm advised to run "sudo chkrootkits" in Ubuntu forums, but spyware that just loads itself onto your Linux computer without permission?

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