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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I decided it was time to try Linux for Browsing....set up a totally separate machine for it.

Read a recent article (in PC World, I think) that it is a fallacy that Linux is immune from such problems.

11 posted on 12/14/2004 6:33:17 PM PST by snapperjk (If you are a terror to many, then beware of many.)
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To: snapperjk
it is a fallacy that Linux is immune from such problems.

Theoretically immune? Probably not.

Does Linux actually get infected by Spyware? No, not in my many-year experience.

35 posted on 12/14/2004 7:01:45 PM PST by steve86
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To: snapperjk; Ernest_at_the_Beach

As far as I know, no operating system other than Windows has spware or malware.

The Mac's probably a better solution than Linux for most people because it runs a much wider array of consumer-friendly software.

Until another OS increases its market share past 10% or so, I think the risks are minimal. As long as spyware makers can profit from the top 90% more effectively than going after 5% slices of the market, I don't see much of a threat using Linux or the Mac.

D


50 posted on 12/14/2004 7:28:25 PM PST by daviddennis (;)
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