it is also a matter of prestige and adventure that the people are smarter than microsoft guys so people create viruses.
On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Nilesh Govindarajan <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
