Author: Jason Williamson
Date: 01:16:56 05/06/00
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On May 05, 2000 at 15:46:42, Marc Plum wrote: >On May 05, 2000 at 12:47:34, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: > >(snip) >>Maybe Hyatt is right and we should all be using Linux. If this bullshit >>continues I think that I will switch. >> >>ILOVEYOU, >> >> >>Tim Frohlick > >Leaving aside other possible reasons for switching to Linux, is it harder to >write viruses that attack it? If Linux becomes more popular, won't it become >more of a target? Crime is up in the Windows neighborhood, but I'm not ready to >be chased out yet. > >Maybe, though, I should listen to my father, who is dedicated to Macintosh. :-) > >Best Regards, > >Marc I belive the issue with Linux is quite simply, the process would have to have ROOT access to do any damage, and to get root access, it would pretty much have to be started by root, and if you are a smart linux user, you don't log on to root, do you? :) Apprently there are SOME viri that target Linux, but they are rare. This could also be partly due to the fact that hackers perfer to hack linux, rather then destroy it :) Jason
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