I am sure there are risks and each person must do his or her own risk assessment. I have just not found it worth the hassle. I do think that a good firewall and using your brain are essential, though.
Roy Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit Location: Canada On 12 February 2011 08:47, grantrocket2 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > exactaly, I have been without any antivirus for 4 years now. I'm preaty > sure if I was gona catch something it would have happened by now. Now some > "other" o/s that is based in redmond.... well, I'm not that lucky there. > > > --- In [email protected], Roy <linuxcanuck@...> wrote: > > > > I found this interesting. I don't want to open a can of worms re: > > other OSes. It is only about security and that it seems to be a losing > > proposition in th elong run as virus writers can always keep ahead of > > the protection and these spread fast because of all of weakest links > > out there. > > > > Anti-virus software is losing the battle, and the war > > : > http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2025421/anti-virus-software-losing-battle-war > > > > I am browsing without any protection and have done so for years. > > Probably not smart, but it seems the lesser of evils. > > > > Roy > > > > Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit > > Location: Canada > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
