You are right. Security in Linux based server platforms remain very good and are generally praised by industry insiders, but unfortunately Linux developer communities often don't have the money power to advertise or pitch their success as much as proprietary developers do and as a result we end up reading more about proprietary software systems and also the viruses and other malware troubles they bring with them. Also, when we say Linux we must understand that certain companies who offer Linux (I don't want to mention names) do it more or less similar to commercial offerings. So we must be clear in mentioning that this is open source Linux that we are talking about.
Subramani -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Thahir P C Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 7:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AI] Nasty computer worm dear subramani, have you ever heard of linux operating system being attacked by any computer virus or malware? have you thought why the most popular google server remains unaffected by viruses? not only google but most other important servers in the world run on linux without fearing viruses and bacteria. i don't understand why do we ignore linux. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Subramani L" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 4:39 PM Subject: [AI] Nasty computer worm > Nasty worm wriggles into millions of computers > San Francisco, Jan 21 (AFP) A nasty worm has wriggled into millions of > computers and continues to spread, leaving security experts wondering > whether the attack is a harbinger of evil deeds to come. > US software protection firm F-Secure says a computer worm known as > "Conficker" or "Downadup" had infected more than nine million computers > by yesterday and was spreading at a rate of one million machines daily. > The malicious software had yet to do any noticeable damage, prompting > debate as to whether it is impotent, waiting to detonate, or a test run > by cybercriminals intent on profiting from the weakness in the future. > "This is enormous; possibly the biggest virus we have ever seen," said > software security specialist David Perry of Trend Micro. > "I think the bad guys are field testing a new technology. If Conficker > proves to work well, they could go out and sell malware (malicious > software) to people. There is a huge market for selling criminal > malware." > The worm, a self-replicating program, takes advantage of networks or > computers that haven't kept up to date with security patches for Windows > RPC Server Service. > It can infect machines from the Internet or by hiding on USB memory > sticks carrying data from one computer to another. Once in a computer it > digs deep, setting up defenses that make it hard to extract. (AFP) MRE > 01211534 DELHI > > > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i n To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i n Email secured by TPML Raksha Checkpoint To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
