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Re: [debian-edu] Re: Does Linux have viruses?



On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 07:52:41PM +0100, Herman Robak wrote:
<snip>
> >  Does XP distinguish between the two?
> 
>  For local files, you don't get any dialog asking
> you questions when you double-click its icon.  This
> is the same in GNOME and KDE, and it is expected.

Of course, on Linux, the file needs to be executable.  In Windows,
I don't believe there's any "executable / not-executable" metadata about
files.  (I could be wrong, but I'd be surprised to learn about it!)

-bill!



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