On Friday 04 Mar 2005 17:54, SigmaX wrote: > On Thursday 03 March 2005 07:41 am, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > >>> How necessary is virus protection in linux > > Not very. There are very few viruses or worms that are out there (That > work) for UNIX-based systems. It's reported that there has never been > a successful virus written for Mac OS X. Not to say they don't exist > (Spyware/Addware is even less of a worry, as almost all OSS is devoid of > it). Your greatest worry is recieving a virus for Windows that you > accidentally forward on to Windows-users in emails. > SigmaX
That problem minimised to almost non-existant I hope, as now using Mandrake for all internet access. Rosemary
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