On Monday 11 March 2002 09:41 am, Jeremy Bertenshaw wrote: > Wow! Is there some new advancement in linux that makes it impervious to > viruses?
No. As distrubuted by the major vendors Linux is not particularly secure, but getting rid of Microsoft will get rid of all the Outlook problems and other viruses which depend on there being no effective permission structure in the file system. It's just that in any mono-culture the whole population is prone to infection. Next time, read my posts carefully and note that I never mentioned Linux, and remember that that there are several operating systems which are "not Microsoft" and are perfectly capable of doing all the things that most people need to do. > > From: Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 2002/03/10 Sun PM 10:23:21 GMT+12:00 > > To: Johnno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Mail Virus Scanners > > > > Belt & braces is a good idea, but tell them that if they really want to > > get rid of viruses they need to get rid of Microsoft.
