Trusted sources (Score 1)

Spank me. Weren't those "free" screensavers a big source of malware for Windows users? If you install any file on Linux, you've got to say "yes". If you get it from a dodgy source, it can be malware, just like in Windows, and you are the one who gave it permission to do what it wants. DEBs, RPMs, it doesn't matter, they are just like "setup.exe" files on Windows. Get them from a sleazy source and install them and you are just asking for trouble. The problem here is the source. Gnome-look is trusted by many people and is almost always safe, but something slipped past their radar here. I only use respectable repos and sources. I'd have thought Gnome-look to be one of them. Maybe they need to be more careful. They can lose that trust if they let things like this happen. I guess I'm glad I am happy with the normal screensavers available on Linux.