[perfect_rovian_storm]

Flame bait written by a moron who doesn’t know what a virus is.

[ShadowAce]

Yeah--his terminology is wrong, but it's still valid that malware can corrupt your linux machine.

Especially if the user is experiencing ID-10-T issues.

[Texas Fossil]

Possibly, but in my experience viruses are a smaller threat than “slime ware”. Bad PC user choices about what they install or download leaves them vulnerable to this.

I have done lots of cleanups on systems that were covered with this nonsense.