On Wednesday 20 February 2002 07:24 am, Michel Clasquin wrote: > On Wednesday 20 February 2002 13:25, Tonton wrote: > > May I know what's the best anti-virus should I use in Linux? Please > > send me the URL for download. > > We're still waiting for someone to write a really nasty virus that > affects Linux systems. So far, there have been a few worms that affected > people who didn't keep up with the security updates, but nothing really > baaaad! > > This is very frustrating. There are millions to be made in the antivirus > scam, I mean business, and these linux developers just keep making their > free OS more and more virus-proof instead of letting someone else make > some bucks! Maybe I could sue somebody ... > > But seriously: as Linux gets more popular, no doubt the virus writers > will turn their attention to it and some will get through even if the > basic architecture makes it very difficult to write a Linux virus. But > so far, Linux doesn't need safe computing - Linux IS safe computing!
I have a theory about virus'. They infect so many windoze machines because so many people run the same stuff. They're running 95/98/Me or NT or 2000 or XP. They use IE with Outlook Express. If they're using office software they run Micro$oft Office. How do you target linux. Everyone runs so much different stuff. Mandrake is different than RedHat which is different than Debian. People use so many different packages with so many different versions. And besides, things change so rapidly in linux, how would the virus people(I refuse to call them authors) keep up. I don't think you could have a Nimda that hangs around forever, because linux programmers change their code so often. I'm not saying that it couldn't happen. But think of the amount of work that someone would have to do to reach so few people. I think that's what people forget when they say that linux will start getting hit soon. Bill
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