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To: HairOfTheDog; Redcloak

I dunno... they have a really long way to go.

Most of the time, I can't even get the virus/spyware detectors to even cooperate with my browser/Linux combination to let me know if I have a problem.

Linux variants may not be completely bullet proof, but they are so superior to Windows variants in the way networked information is handled that it almost requires personal keyboard access with supervisor privileges to infect a machine. Post#8 above that describes failed attempts to infect LINUX machine by running various viruses on WINE (the WINdows Emulator available on most LINUX distributions) --- that is, giving the virus advantages that it does not naturally have in LINUX to begin with --- are pretty indicative of the difficulty.

37 posted on 05/04/2005 5:43:10 PM PDT by AFPhys ((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))

I've never had a virus myself using Windows, and I don't have to know how to build all the software in order to run it.

I'm a driver, not a mechanic, but whatever makes you happy.

39 posted on 05/04/2005 5:48:25 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog (This horse has been milked to death.)

If you're running Linux, may I suggest clamav?

44 posted on 05/04/2005 5:54:48 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)

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