And so that gives you license to act like an arrogant jerk(?)
Well I'll be sure to point that out directly, next time I see your name pop up again.
Not my fault for sounding jerkish if you post a message based of zero seconds off information gathering.
Whatever. Like it or not, I still stand by my earlier question.
Perhaps you should have started by stating that you're aware that Linux has been attacked by Virus's in the past but that you've not heard of any recently and could someone please provide information as to their current status.
Perhaps I sensed more anti-FOSS FUD in the making and was asking a rhetorical question instead. Without any of the vitriol you displayed.
Besides, Ubuntu saying that Linux is virus free is the same as MS saying that Vista is a secure O/S.
Which Microsoft's marketing department likes to do all the time?
So, let's try a third party - a self-professed Linux lover for example and see what he has to say on the subject: http://www.geekzone.co.nz/foobar/6229#compact
I'd take a third party statement over a vendor's.
LOL...
If it were that easy, Linux would be swarming with viruses today!No I think that basically loops back to the original Ubuntu page I posted to, down at the bottom.
"The Reality
If you are going to trade files in a Windows world, you'll need to scan those files for viruses. You won't get infected, but you may help infect someone else. There are two ways to do this:
1. Run all the files through a server which checks for you. GMail, Yahoo mail, and Hotmail all have wonderful checking software.
2. Check the files for viruses yourself. You can install a program called AVScan. Install the package. It won't appear in the menu. Run it by pressing Alt-F2, typing avscan, and pressing Run.
You can now scan files (or your entire system) for viruses and worms."
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So listen, give it up. Accept the fact that Linux IS vulnerable and CAN be hit.
Never said that, so don't put words in my mouth. Anything's possible. But you're gonna have to come up with more than just fear-mongering by the anti-virus companies and Windows shills who have a personal financial stake in all this. That kind of hysterical crap doesn't cut it.
The only reason its not so widespread is that there are a absolutely shed load of really stupid idiotic Windows users out there who click on the first thing that states 'Click Me'. I suspect the vast majority of Linux users employ a modicum of common sense in that regard.
I'd agree with that. And then some... By it's very design, you are logged as a user by default. And there?s very little out there you can just click on and download off the internet. Active-X, Conflicker, they don't exist in the Linux world. That's not to say that can't change, but I don't see it happening yet.
However, if\when Linux reaches mainstream then these idiots are gonna start using Linux and they too will start acting like a moron and then the fun and games will really begin. And thus will be the price the Linux fanbois will have to pay for wanting Linux to become popular to the masses.
I don't buy that for a second. With the thousands of UNIX programmers out there worldwide, SOMEBODY should have risen to the challenge by now, if for no other reason than the challenge itself.
Unlike malware, people who create viruses aren't in it for the money. They're in it for the disruption. The power that they have at their fingertips to bring down whole networks. To bring down a country's infrastructure, even.
Like I said, fear mongering doesn't cut it.
Besides, many virus these days attack not the O/S directly, but exploit 3rd party applications (e.g. Adobe). Doesn't Adobe provide applications for Linux?
Yes, they do. Is there something you know about that, that you'd like to share with us?
