On Tue, 2005-01-11 at 13:00 +1300, Rob Wood wrote: > Thanks David and Chris, > > My paranoia is well founded but I'll take your words for it and run without > virus protection. I saw an article in one of the PC magazines where they ran > a batch of different Windows machines (6 I think) on the Internet without > protection. From memory, longest lasting was about 2 hours, the shortest was > 30 seconds, THIRTY SECONDS!! > Impressed?
yes most people have seen that. the way to keep your linux box safe is to regularly apply security updates for your distro. (in fact thats the best protection on windows too) > > Cheers - Woodsey > > > > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
