On 7/5/2013 11:12 PM, Dale wrote:
I since did some googling and it seems I am right and he just thought I
was some know nothing guy he could sell some service too. Anyway, has
anything changed to make Linux more prone to viruses than it used to
be? I read a percentage somewhere that said like
Am 12.07.2013 18:36, schrieb Timur Aydin:
On 7/5/2013 11:12 PM, Dale wrote:
I since did some googling and it seems I am right and he just thought I
was some know nothing guy he could sell some service too. Anyway, has
anything changed to make Linux more prone to viruses than it used to
be?
On Jul 12, 2013 4:32 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com
wrote:
Am 12.07.2013 18:36, schrieb Timur Aydin:
On 7/5/2013 11:12 PM, Dale wrote:
I since did some googling and it seems I am right and he just thought I
was some know nothing guy he could sell some service too.
If you use a open source system probably you want that the community help
you with your security problems and you can help the community with bug
finder. Linux is not perfect but it's the best system that the community
can write. The community want you.
Il giorno 10/lug/2013 06:13, Dale
Davide De Prisco wrote:
If you use a open source system probably you want that the community
help you with your security problems and you can help the community
with bug finder. Linux is not perfect but it's the best system that
the community can write. The community want you.
I do that
On Mon, Jul 08, 2013 at 08:24:03AM -0500, Dale wrote
Questions. Can a virus infect the OS when running on Linux through
java/javascript/flash?
There are two levels of infection...
1) One-off execution of bad stuff when you visit a web page.
2) A more permanent infection that survives
Walter Dnes wrote:
On Mon, Jul 08, 2013 at 08:24:03AM -0500, Dale wrote
Questions. Can a virus infect the OS when running on Linux through
java/javascript/flash?
There are two levels of infection...
1) One-off execution of bad stuff when you visit a web page.
2) A more permanent
Paul Hartman wrote:
On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 8:24 AM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
Questions. Can a virus infect the OS when running on Linux through
java/javascript/flash? Or would the infection at the least be limited
to that user?
I think how they typically work, on any OS, is they
Alan McKinnon wrote:
On 08/07/2013 15:24, Dale wrote:
Walter Dnes wrote:
On Fri, Jul 05, 2013 at 05:21:25PM -0500, Dale wrote
Well, no Wine here. So that won't happen. Actually, I don't have a
copy of windoze here at all. Neither of my two rigs have ever had
windoze installed on them at
On Tue, Jul 09, 2013 at 08:41:21PM -0500, Dale wrote
OK. I do banking online. I also pay my bills online along with social
sites as well. I use Lastpass so that I can have some really REALLY
funky passwords. I think I am one of few that has not had his facebook
hacked. Anyway, I run
Walter Dnes wrote:
On Tue, Jul 09, 2013 at 08:41:21PM -0500, Dale wrote
OK. I do banking online. I also pay my bills online along with social
sites as well. I use Lastpass so that I can have some really REALLY
funky passwords. I think I am one of few that has not had his facebook
hacked.
Walter Dnes wrote:
On Fri, Jul 05, 2013 at 05:21:25PM -0500, Dale wrote
Well, no Wine here. So that won't happen. Actually, I don't have a
copy of windoze here at all. Neither of my two rigs have ever had
windoze installed on them at all.
BTW, I have been known to open those attachments
On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 8:24 AM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
Questions. Can a virus infect the OS when running on Linux through
java/javascript/flash? Or would the infection at the least be limited
to that user?
I think how they typically work, on any OS, is they exploit a bug in
the
On 08/07/2013 15:24, Dale wrote:
Walter Dnes wrote:
On Fri, Jul 05, 2013 at 05:21:25PM -0500, Dale wrote
Well, no Wine here. So that won't happen. Actually, I don't have a
copy of windoze here at all. Neither of my two rigs have ever had
windoze installed on them at all.
BTW, I have
On Fri, Jul 05, 2013 at 05:21:25PM -0500, Dale wrote
Well, no Wine here. So that won't happen. Actually, I don't have a
copy of windoze here at all. Neither of my two rigs have ever had
windoze installed on them at all.
BTW, I have been known to open those attachments before. I usually
On 2013-07-06 8:12 AM, Bruce Hill da...@happypenguincomputers.com wrote:
NB: I only sell the best A/V software on the market, which hasn't
missed a virus in the wild since it's inception.
Not to start a flamewar on which is the best AV, but I'm curious which
one this is?
On 07/07/13 20:07, Tanstaafl wrote:
On 2013-07-06 8:12 AM, Bruce Hill da...@happypenguincomputers.com wrote:
NB: I only sell the best A/V software on the market, which hasn't
missed a virus in the wild since it's inception.
Not to start a flamewar on which is the best AV, but I'm curious
On 2013-07-07 12:19 PM, the the.gu...@mail.ru wrote:
On 07/07/13 20:07, Tanstaafl wrote:
On 2013-07-06 8:12 AM, Bruce Hill da...@happypenguincomputers.com
wrote:
NB: I only sell the best A/V software on the market, which hasn't
missed a virus in the wild since it's inception.
Not to start a
On Sunday 07 Jul 2013 17:19:13 the wrote:
On 07/07/13 20:07, Tanstaafl wrote:
On 2013-07-06 8:12 AM, Bruce Hill da...@happypenguincomputers.com wrote:
NB: I only sell the best A/V software on the market, which hasn't
missed a virus in the wild since it's inception.
Not to start a
On Sun, Jul 07, 2013 at 12:07:51PM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote:
On 2013-07-06 8:12 AM, Bruce Hill da...@happypenguincomputers.com wrote:
NB: I only sell the best A/V software on the market, which hasn't
missed a virus in the wild since it's inception.
Not to start a flamewar on which is the
On Sun, Jul 07, 2013 at 01:15:35PM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote:
On 2013-07-07 12:19 PM, the the.gu...@mail.ru wrote:
On 07/07/13 20:07, Tanstaafl wrote:
On 2013-07-06 8:12 AM, Bruce Hill da...@happypenguincomputers.com
wrote:
NB: I only sell the best A/V software on the market, which hasn't
On Jul 8, 2013 1:05 AM, Bruce Hill da...@happypenguincomputers.com
wrote:
On Sun, Jul 07, 2013 at 12:07:51PM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote:
On 2013-07-06 8:12 AM, Bruce Hill da...@happypenguincomputers.com
wrote:
NB: I only sell the best A/V software on the market, which hasn't
missed a virus
On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 1:36 PM, Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info wrote:
On Jul 8, 2013 1:05 AM, Bruce Hill da...@happypenguincomputers.com
wrote:
On Sun, Jul 07, 2013 at 12:07:51PM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote:
On 2013-07-06 8:12 AM, Bruce Hill da...@happypenguincomputers.com
wrote:
NB: I only
On Mon, Jul 08, 2013 at 01:36:38AM +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote:
Oh. My. Goodness! ESET! I *love* that piece of gold :-)
In fact, I'm still having the glow from the satisfaction of successfully
convincing the management to replace the previous p.o.s. that goes by the
name of SEP, with this
On 2013-07-07 2:04 PM, Bruce Hill da...@happypenguincomputers.com wrote:
On Sun, Jul 07, 2013 at 12:07:51PM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote:
On 2013-07-06 8:12 AM, Bruce Hill da...@happypenguincomputers.com wrote:
NB: I only sell the best A/V software on the market, which hasn't
missed a virus in the
On 07/06/13 02:21, Dale wrote:
William Kenworthy wrote:
On 06/07/13 04:12, Dale wrote:
I had a interesting adventure the other day. A friend of mine's son is
getting ready to go to college. Budget is tight so we went to find a
used laptop for him. I went into the local puter shop and the
On 06/07/2013 00:21, Dale wrote:
I'm still trying to figure out what he thought he would accomplish tho.
I can't get my head wrapped around that yet.
That's easy to answer.
The fellow probably doesn't know much.
If you want a brilliant example, just go read a wide bunch of threads on
the
On Friday 05 Jul 2013 22:46:10 Paul Hartman wrote:
... but the person sitting at the keyboard is usually capable of screwing
it up more than any virus. :)
Hah! Tell me about it. :-(
--
Peter
On Saturday 06 Jul 2013 07:57:38 the wrote:
On 07/06/13 02:21, Dale wrote:
William Kenworthy wrote:
On 06/07/13 04:12, Dale wrote:
While we was
chatting, he said that Linux is just as prone to getting a virus as
windoze and so is a Mac. I think my laughing let him know I wasn't
On Jul 6, 2013 11:13 AM, Peter Humphrey pe...@humphrey.ukfsn.org wrote:
On Friday 05 Jul 2013 22:46:10 Paul Hartman wrote:
... but the person sitting at the keyboard is usually capable of
screwing
it up more than any virus. :)
Hah! Tell me about it. :-(
--
Peter
What I did recently:
I was present for a discussion about which is the most secure OS. I don't
remember the forum but the consensus was that the most secure OS is the one
you know. Anyone can wreck a system but not everyone has the ability to
maintain a system.
I'm not arguing that you can run Windows as tight as
On Sat, Jul 06, 2013 at 10:50:40AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
Technically, he's not wrong - any OS is just as susceptible to viruses
as any other, you just have to get over the first hurdle which is
getting code to run. The overall design of Windows has historically made
this somewhat easy,
On Sat, Jul 06, 2013 at 10:12:27AM +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote:
On Friday 05 Jul 2013 22:46:10 Paul Hartman wrote:
... but the person sitting at the keyboard is usually capable of screwing
it up more than any virus. :)
Hah! Tell me about it. :-(
Ack
--
Happy Penguin Computers
I had a interesting adventure the other day. A friend of mine's son is
getting ready to go to college. Budget is tight so we went to find a
used laptop for him. I went into the local puter shop and the techie
guy there had a interesting statement that makes me think I'm not
recommending them
Ahahahah...
Il giorno 05/lug/2013 22:13, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com ha scritto:
I had a interesting adventure the other day. A friend of mine's son is
getting ready to go to college. Budget is tight so we went to find a
used laptop for him. I went into the local puter shop and the techie
On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
I had a interesting adventure the other day. A friend of mine's son is
getting ready to go to college. Budget is tight so we went to find a
used laptop for him. I went into the local puter shop and the techie
guy there had a
On 06/07/13 04:12, Dale wrote:
I had a interesting adventure the other day. A friend of mine's son is
getting ready to go to college. Budget is tight so we went to find a
used laptop for him. I went into the local puter shop and the techie
guy there had a interesting statement that makes
William Kenworthy wrote:
On 06/07/13 04:12, Dale wrote:
I had a interesting adventure the other day. A friend of mine's son is
getting ready to go to college. Budget is tight so we went to find a
used laptop for him. I went into the local puter shop and the techie
guy there had a
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