Hi,

> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 08:45:01PM -0500, Lloyd wrote:
> > > I just found an attached file in this mailing list (I've seen
> this file
> > > in newsgroups, too)
> > > called Happy99.exe. I'm pretty sure this is either a trojan horse or a
> > > virus.
> > >
> > > Open it at your own risk.....
> > >
> > > If you just delete the message without opening it, you won't have any
> > > damage.
> >
> > And if you read it with a real operating system, you can laugh
> maniacally at
> > the thought of all the Windows users who have just hosed their machine.
> >
> > Come on, doesn't anyone use Linux to read this mailing list?!
> >
> > --
> > Steve Philp
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> I sure was laughing...I've been on Linux full time since I wiped
> NT's stink off
> my HD plates :)
> What a stupid joke, that virus is..."Practice safe computing, use Linux!"

Erm..it is just as easy to write a virus on Linux thought the damage would
be far more limited if u don't log in as root. I wonder why there hasn't
been a Linux virus...yet? Could it be that all virus writers are anti-MS?

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