You're becoming very silly, and even more tiresome.
Morris was over 20 years ago. Name, oh, let's say four Unix viruses since 2000. That's about one for every 10,000 Windows viruses since then.
Viruses. That spread by self-replication. Worms.
Go ahead, name them. Just four, or more if you know of them. That actually affected at least a few thousand machines (Morris affected 6000); laboratory curiosities don't count.
> Linux has nearly a thousand, and the number was half that in 2005.
Where's -that- list? Name it, provide a URL. Or STFU. You have become very silly. Put it up now.
Tonight's my night to get educated on how insecure Unix and Linux are. C'mon.
Here’s seven
Aside from Klez, other major threats affecting Linux/UNIX platforms are the Lion.worm, the OSF.8759 virus, Slapper, Scalper, Linux.Svat, and the BoxPoison virus—just to mention a few.
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-5054187.html
And here’s the discussion on the 863 Linux viruses (as of 2006):
In a report titled “2005: *nix Malware Evolution,” the Russian antivirus software developer pointed out that the number of Linux-based malicious programs — viruses, Trojans, back-doors, exploits, and whatnot — doubled from 422 to 863.
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3601946
Viruses exist on all platforms. Deny it if you chose, but no matter how far you stick your fingers in your ears, or how loud you yell “lalalalalala” there’s still malware out there targeting your OS, maybe not much, maybe it’s not effective, but it still exists.