I really hate having to go over this subject again and again and again, but there has to be some understanding and education for those that really don't understand the nature of writing a virus/trojan/script.
As of the past few weeks, we've all see SoBig and Blaster bouncing around - ok - so that's not news; however, the understanding must be solid in as much as the bugs MIGHT get relayed to Windows machines from unix/linux machines, but the unix/linux machines are in no way affected; the spread is mostly through email - or relaying through an email server; the bugs cannot be propogated in unix/linux as there is no means by which they can operate. It is inherently COMPLEX to write a trojan/script/virus for unix/linux or MacOS 10 - and no matter how wide-spread the usage of unix/linux or MacOS 10, the intricacies and level of skill and understanding are in themselves prohibitive; the people that are capable of even doing so are being paid large sums of money to do real work and they would barely have the time to dedicate to such a task - and a task it would be. Just due to the absolute nature of the unix/linux/bsd/Mac OS/X operating system(s) it's hard to even create something based solely on social engineering as programs/scripts cannot be run in the same manner as on a Windows based OS. So, in essence, no matter how wide spread linux gets, it's going to be a tad bit more than plain out and out difficult to create the same type of annoyances that are currently plaguing the Windows-world - and if you don't believe what I'm stating here in plain English, please by all means, read up on the subject - visit all the hack sites, dig into the complexities of writing nasties for linux - then you'll come to understand what I'm spewing here. /rant
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