Re: [OT]: yet another linux antivirus fairytale
On 13/04/12 08:41, Raffaele Morelli wrote:
Hi,
an italian newspaper
where the average tech-saviness is near to zero (see the many articles
about "Facebook") or the level of fud-iness is near to 100 for
tech-related articles
has published an article about security risks and virus related issues
on mac osx and obviously linux is cited.
http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2012/04/12/sicuri-frottole/
He writes: "qualsiasi sistema operativo è vulnerabile ai virus. Lo sanno
bene gli utenti Linux, che i software di protezione li usano. **"
"any operating system is vulnerable to viruses. Linux know this well and
use protection software" [my translation]
I'm not sure what this means, the author probably read somewhere that
antiviruses do exist for linux.. but I'm not sure where he gets the
assumption that most linux users (he doesn't talk about sysadmins or
servers) use antivirus software.
In the article the author states: "[...] First myth: There are no
viruses for Mac. In the mythology of fans, the "Big Apple" operating
system would be so solid that it can not be broken. False: Any
operating system is vulnerable to viruses. Linux users are so well
aware about that they use security software. [...]"
Another quote: "[...] the only Mac immune to viruses, ironically, are
those who have installed Microsoft software such as Word and Excel. [...]"
In two words I would define it 'journalistic FUD'.
Lorenzo.
regards
-raffaele
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