Mitch Blevins wrote: > > As you pointed out, the smaller market share makes it less of a target > for the virus writers slaving away in the backrooms of antivirus software > companies.
I've always suspected this, hmmm...? > > Win9x is like > a 10-generation, inbred, backwoods, hillbilly family where a common > cold can be introduced and wipe out the whole clan. GNU/Linux has a much > more robust gene pool. ROTFLMAO! > > Because of the Unix security model, spreading of virii is harder. Notice > how many more viris warnings you see for Win9x than for NT. > Data files in GNU/Linux tend to be common ascii text. This would be much > harder for a virus to hide in than the corfortable, dark and damp interior > of a MSWord file. (data files are a common way for virii to spread) Yeah, my boss has managed to pass along a nice little macro virus to just about everyone in the office. But hey, she sure has the nicest collection of jokes, .avi's, etc. > > Since GNU/Linux users are not conditioned to blindly run binary-only > programs, they are less likely to comply when they get that fateful > email with an attached executable and the spiffy subject line of > "Cool... run me. Fwd to your friends" I am surprised by how many people I know who blindly open e-mail from people/sources unknown to them. I've warned them, so one of these days... > > Also, I would hope that if antivirus software does become necessary > for Debian users, some smart people would step up and put the virus-cleaners > under a Free license, so we can use apt's auto-web-update capabilities > to sleep well at night. > and that's the beauty of Linux. Mark, chained to a windows machine :(