Well, there are Unix viruses, but they don't reproduce in quite the same way
as Win viruses.
There can also be normal Win viruses in a Samba share.
There are the old internet worm programs (there are probably still some
machines out there using ancient versions of sendmail)
however my guess is that most of the so-called infections arise from
unprotected inet services.
For the average user, there is no difference between a compromised Unix
system and a virus-ridden Win system.
Either way, the machine is in a bad state and may need to have its os
re-installed.
Regards,
Jill.
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Jill Rowling
Senior Design Engineer & Unix System Administrator
Electronic Engineering Department, Aristocrat Leisure Industries
3rd Floor, 77 Dunning Ave Rosebery NSW 2018
Phone: (02) 9697-4484 Fax: (02) 9663-1412
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> Well, there's always the risk of viruses being *on* the server, in the
> form
> of normal PC or MAC viruses in files accessed via netatalk or samba.
>
> I don't think there's any such thing as a UNIX virus, is there?
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