From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lon Lentz)
>> From: Larry W. Virden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>>
>> Thank goodness we don't see virus on Unix.
>
> Internet Worm
As I said - we don't see virus on Unix. There are lots of security
problems on all systems. A worm is different from a virus - and all
platforms can be hit by worms. I've even read of a variety of
attempts to write virus apps for Unix, so it's likely that someone could
attempt to write a virus to hit Unix. It's going to have a lot less
impact because few people configure and run their Unix boxes where permissions
on executables can be written to by any user or read and execute applications
and macros attached to unknown disks or emails while logged onto their
system as root...
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