Re: Hit by virus !? Help, please...
Mitch Blevins wrote:
>
> As you pointed out, the smaller market share makes it less of a target
> for the virus writers slaving away in the backrooms of antivirus software
> companies.
I've always suspected this, hmmm...?
>
> Win9x is like
> a 10-generation, inbred, backwoods, hillbilly family where a common
> cold can be introduced and wipe out the whole clan. GNU/Linux has a much
> more robust gene pool.
ROTFLMAO!
>
> Because of the Unix security model, spreading of virii is harder. Notice
> how many more viris warnings you see for Win9x than for NT.
> Data files in GNU/Linux tend to be common ascii text. This would be much
> harder for a virus to hide in than the corfortable, dark and damp interior
> of a MSWord file. (data files are a common way for virii to spread)
Yeah, my boss has managed to pass along a nice little macro virus to
just about everyone in the office. But hey, she sure has the nicest
collection of jokes, .avi's, etc.
>
> Since GNU/Linux users are not conditioned to blindly run binary-only
> programs, they are less likely to comply when they get that fateful
> email with an attached executable and the spiffy subject line of
> "Cool... run me. Fwd to your friends"
I am surprised by how many people I know who blindly open e-mail from
people/sources unknown to them. I've warned them, so one of these
days...
>
> Also, I would hope that if antivirus software does become necessary
> for Debian users, some smart people would step up and put the virus-cleaners
> under a Free license, so we can use apt's auto-web-update capabilities
> to sleep well at night.
>
and that's the beauty of Linux.
Mark, chained to a windows machine :(
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