On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Vyshakh <[email protected]> wrote: > Linux is open to everyone. Then why dont it have as much number of > virus threats as that of Faildows i've? > > On 6/12/10, Nilesh Govindarajan <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Debasish Ray Chawdhuri >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Its simple, if Windows does not have vulnerabilities, what is it McAffey >>> gonna sell? You see McAffey and Microsoft are business partners. The >>> business model is - 'Enslave your customers and rob them as much as >>> possible'. >>> -- >>> Debasish Ray Chawdhuri >>> Dept. of Textile Technology, >>> IIT Delhi >>> >>> -- >>> l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm >>> >> >> >> Exactly, in fact many times when I was using Faildows, I used to >> wonder that where do so many viruses come from ? Are these just a way >> of selling those antiviruses,etc. >> >> -- >> Nilesh Govindarajan >> Facebook: nilesh.gr >> Twitter: nileshgr >> Website: www.itech7.com >> Cheap and Reliable VPS Hosting: http://j.mp/arHk5e >> >> -- >> l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm >> > > -- > l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm >
The architecture man. Users cannot create/modify/delete system files without root perms. Also a possible reason is linux users make only 1-5% of the total. -- Nilesh Govindarajan Facebook: nilesh.gr Twitter: nileshgr Website: www.itech7.com Cheap and Reliable VPS Hosting: http://j.mp/arHk5e -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
