On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 15:58:11 -0700 Zack Gilburd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > (not taking into account that > > linux doesn't really need a anti-virus software). > > What a terrible assumption. No it's not. > A well thought out and planned attack can be executed and completed > sucessfully against Linux than it can Windows. Yes it can, but I wasn't talking about it. What I said was, that under linux, you do no really need an anti-virus program. Since my parents_do not_ download spyware, or any other software for that matter, the only source for viruses is virus infested emails. And as I see it, linux email-clients do not have nearly as extencive 'run-a-virus' or 'spread-a-worm' support as say OE. > However, your box is not being rooted every five minutes because virus > are not developed against Linux due to the fact that a very small > percentage of people use Linux. Yes, and if more people used linux, more viruses would propably exist, but even then a regular user could only hose his/her own files, and not the whole computer. If more viruses existed, anti-virus program _might_ be needed, but in that case I could easily set it up for them. -- janne "So act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world." - Immanuel Kant -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
