On 4/14/06, fooler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rogelio Serrano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 2:07 PM > Subject: Re: [plug] Which commercial antivirus software to use? > > > >AntiVirus stuff, antispyware stuff and the associated hassle is one of > >the main reasons i dont want to use windows anymore. And if this same > >stuff is going to be necessary in linux in the near future then im > >getting ready to dump linux now. > > if that kind of analogy of yours... someday you dont have a working OS for > you :-> >
This can actually be fixed. It only becomes necessary when the linux gods decide that an antivirus is a worthwhile tradeoff then im going to look for another OS or transform linux until its not linux anymore. Im sure everybody else in the linux kernel list is thinking of the same thing. Actually windows can be actually be fixed so it relatively resistant to 98 % of the viruses out there. They didnt because the marketing guys thought its not worth it. > are you ready to dump your linux with this findings? > http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/virus/story/0,10801,110330,00.html > > fooler. > Yes im aware of that. Im sure that can be fixed. If the elf gods say elf must remain backward compatible then screw them. i will join whoever comes up with a better alternative format. or im going back to a.out format. For the everyone else i think selinux can handle that elegantly. I have experienced a virus in linux. It was able to spread and bring down my system because i was running untrusted executables as root at that time. I learned my lesson the hard way. Now if only windows can run the whole system as an ordinary user with limited priviliges than it would not suck as much. > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- www.smsglobal.net SMS Global Ltd Short Message Service For Seafarers _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
