Hay, Mausul W wrote: > "Time to educate your leader." > > Ian, > > Please don't get into the arrogant belief that just because it is > Solaris or any other UNIX variant that anti-virus is unnecessary. Virus > writers haven't targeted 'NIX but that doesn't mean 'NIX is > invulnerable. My guess is that as Linux gains more acceptance in the > wider computing arena, in corporate circles and in consumer PCs, hackers > will begin to see more opportunities at hacking 'NIX for profit or > getting at sensitive personal data and the incidents of viruses aimed at > 'NIX systems will rise. > > I wasn't, my reasoning has been spelled out by others in this thread. There currently isn't anything for an anti-virus tool to target and any future exploits are unlikely to work in the same way as a windows virus.
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