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To: ShadowAce

The reason a linux virus isn’t going to be very effective, even if you find a good hack, is because most linux users send and receive most of their communications to and from non-linux systems. Windows viruses spread so readily because anyone with a windows system is communicating constantly and frequently with many other windows systems.


3 posted on 02/11/2009 6:11:33 AM PST by SeeSharp
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That was part of the reason I posted this--the best security is not one OS or another OS. It's a heterogeneous environment. Whether that environment is your office, home, or the entire Internet, it shouldn't matter.

We need a more equitable market share of multiple OSes out there to minimize any effects of any malware.

5 posted on 02/11/2009 6:15:39 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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