Re: [newbie] Virus

[Denis HAVLIK]

:~>There aren't many, if any, viruses for Linux, but that isn't to say that it'll
:~>never happen. Permissions help stop the spread of many potential viruses, but
:~>since you have to be root to install a rpm file, it might be possible to infect
:~>and spread a virus that way. 

In which case it would be a "trojan". And this is why we have
package-checking and signing possibilities built in the RPM.

cu
        Denis  
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