this is really a slug-chat sort of post im sure jeff can clarify
Dean Internet User wrote: > "Of course we will see more and more attacks on Windows, but Linux > will > be a target because its use is becoming more widespread," said > Raimond > Genes, European president for antivirus at Trend Micro. "It is a > stable > OS, but it's not a secure OS." > > Jack Clarke, European product manager at McAfee, said: "In fact it's > probably easier to write a virus for Linux because it's open source > and > the code is available. So we will be seeing more Linux viruses as > the OS > becomes more common and popular." > > One has to speculate who is actually writing these virii... when I think > about it too I could set up my own anti virus software company and > scribble out a few virii to keep myself employed from now until > eternity..., just issue a new variant when the cash at bank runs low. > > > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
