A well-balance reply. the idea that any OS is immune is ridiculously naive - unless you make an OS so secure that you cant actually do anything with it!
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed Leafe Sent: Wednesday, 30 September 2009 1:11 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: Brought to you by the people who gave you IE On Sep 29, 2009, at 11:22 PM, MB Software Solutions General Account wrote: > Saw an article the other day that suggested the virus writers are > targeting Macs more nowadays. Is it only a matter of time until the > next target is Ubuntu, or is that O/S structured in such a way to be > immune to a virus attack? I don't think that anyone would be naive enough to claim that any networked computer would be "immune" to an attack. But the point is that *nix was designed from the outset to be a networked OS, so it is inherently not as vulnerable as a Windows box. There are still many exploits that can be found in apps that can compromise the box, no matter what OS - even OS X or Ubuntu. It's just a much higher bar to clear. -- Ed Leafe [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
