thx. im a big gamer too, so i stil use windows a lot and honestly i got linux as sth to play around with and get to no - t probably wont become my only main system, at least for now. so ill get the ClamAV, jst in case :D thx again :)
On Jan 21, 9:18 pm, Rob Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Christopher Stamper < > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 1:49 PM, Jan <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> thx. i was tho wondering, if some windows virus i could get through > >> linux could get onto my windows (im dual-booting), tho i dont no if > >> thats even possible. > > > No, because the virus could not execute any code in linux - making it > > impossible to get into the windows partition. > > > However, if you download an infected .exe or something, and manually copy > > it to your windows system, then you could have problems. The virus could not > > automatically get into your windows partition; you'd have to purposely do > > it. > > > -- > > Christopher Stamper > > > Email: [email protected] > > > Web:http://tinyurl.com/2ooncg > > gTalk:http://tinyurl.com/6e359r > > Skype: cdstamper > > If you are running a dual boot machine with Linux and Windows, or even if > you plan to just transfer files downloaded from a Linux machine to a Windows > box, it would be a good idea to download and use Clam AV. As Christopher > mentioned above, it IS possible to get infected by a virus transmitted along > with a transferred file. > > -- > Rob Smith > > Posted via #!CrunchBang Linux (v.8.10.01) > A lightweight Ubuntu distribution. > Because software, like people, should be allowed to exist in an open, > sharing community, and not kept contained by corporate greed! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ubuntu Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ubuntulinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
