The problem here isn't with the AV software or companies. People are still getting infected with the slapper worm because they are lazy. A patch for the software was actually written before the worm was released and the patch was released soon after. It's the people that put their Linux boxes into a so called "closet" and never check on it or update it again that have problems with this. Laziness and apathy are the reasons for a great majority of security/virus problems. The security of Linux is proportional to the amount of time you spend keeping up on current exploits and news and applying what you learn. The more time you invest into it the more secure you are. The other extreme is thinking you are so secure no one could get you, there needs to be a certain amount of paranoia... not too much that you cripple yourself with fear but enough that you respect the technology. It's the same as with anything else, you have enough fear when driving that you respect the road and the drivers around you but not so much that you are always slamming on your brakes and causing accidents :P
-- Trevor Lauder Web: http://www.thelauders.net E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kevin Anderson said: > Even if I accept that a > worm moves faster than AV updating a DAT file (and I'm not sold on > that), I'd still rather see the issue resolved by AV software 10 days > after the initial attack than not at all.
