I have Win 98 at work and I'm constantly being attacked by virii/worms/trojans (through email and an open share on the network), also gatorware, which once infected my pc and was a pain to disinfect... I have lately received many emails from [EMAIL PROTECTED], etc. etc. We have Norton as well as several specific apps running on boot/startup from the network to clean specific virii.... very time-consuming and still they come, several times a day.
At home, on Mdk 9.1, I haven't had a single attack, all virii are blocked at the ISP (bless them).... One day, when you lose five months worth of work (worth thousands of $$$) because of a virus, you will also discard your Windows CD in utter disgust and turn to Linux. Regards, Hendrik > -----Original Message----- > From: RichardA [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 4:16 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] HIJACKED: Linux viruses > > On 09 Jun 2003 09:13:25 +1000 > Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 02:00, Anne Wilson wrote: > > Look, even "out of the box" or "brownbag" - literally any linux distro > > upon initial installation and configuration (granted that passwords > > HAVE been put in place) is going to be able to sit nicely without very > > many issues as opposed to a Windows installation "brownbag" - the Win > > box is going to get hit FIRST TIME SURFING with either adware or > > spyware - irregardless of what or where the user surfs to - but that > > cannot happen on a linux box. > > I think that's a wild exaggeration. I surfed for years using Win98 and > never once had a problem. Admittedly I was cautious, and later started > using Eudora, Opera and ZoneAlarm, but I started out with IE, OE etc. > > Look at XP. It was released with a known vulnerabilty (UPNP), but many > people are probably unpatched and still surfing without having been hit. > > Richard > -- > Registered Linux user 246658 at > http://counter.li.org > << File: message.footer >> > Disclaimer: http://www.sabc.co.za/disclaimer/emaildisclaimer.htm <http://www.sabc.co.za/disclaimer/emaildisclaimer.htm>
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