On Fri, 05 Feb 1999, Den wrote:
>With all the attacks,trojans,viruses, which seem to be lurking out on
>the (Internet) network (Back Orifice, Net Bus, DOS, etc.), are there
>some fundamental precautions one can take (as a dial-up Internet user)
>to protect their Linux system? Or is Linux inherently less susceptible
>to such attacks? (I realize Back Orifice and Net Bus are M$ problems).
>
>TIA
I once read a great article on viruses and those that make them on the
old IBM anti-virus page. The summation was that virus makers are lazy
SOB's and that so far 99% of all known viruses are for DOS or Windows.
At the time I read this, there were no viruses for LInux, only one for
OS/2, but over 50,000 for DOS/Windows!
The easy solutions were not to run anything sent to you over the net,
only download from reputable sources, and scan anything you download.
David Johnson
