On 20 Oct 2003 21:41:10 -0400 Cy Kurtz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > no no no wait a minute! > > What happens when Linux becomes as popular as windows? Most people > writing virii are aiming at windows boxen, because they are more > numerous. People writing virii want to do as much damage as possible, > so they are going to go after the most popular OS.
That is a myth, thoroughly debunked many many many times. People write exploits for Windows machines because it is *easy*, not because they are numerous. Here's the original article, I hope this will lay this bunch of hooey to rest once and for all: http://securityfocus.com/columnists/188 Quote: "We've all heard it many times when a new Microsoft virus comes out. In fact, I've heard it a couple of times this week already. Someone on a mailing list or discussion forum complains about the latest in a long line of Microsoft email viruses or worms and recommends others consider Mac OS X or Linux as a somewhat safer computing platform. In response, another person named, oh, let's call him "Bill," says, basically, "How ridiculous! The only reason Microsoft software is the target of so many viruses is because it is so widely used! Why, if Linux or Mac OS X was as popular as Windows, there would be just as many viruses written for those platforms!" Of course, it's not just "regular folks" on mailing lists who share this opinion. Businesspeople have expressed similar attitudes ... including ones who work for anti-virus companies. Jack Clarke, European product manager at McAfee, said, "So we will be seeing more Linux viruses as the OS becomes more common and popular." Mr. Clarke is wrong." -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads. -- Anatole France
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