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Viruses.


Question Posted Saturday March 13 2010, 12:00 pm

Are there ANY viruses on Linux?

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LagunaBabe answered Saturday March 13 2010, 4:58 pm:
I think these two sites will help you. :)

www.theregister.co.uk/2003/10/.../linux_vs_windows_viruses/
www.fluther.com/disc/3539/are-there-viruses-for-linux/

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orphans answered Saturday March 13 2010, 1:27 pm:
There are viruses for all OSe's but the difference is that in linux, The user is rarely logged in as ROOT. So the chance that a virus can modify your registry is pretty limited.

courtesy of:
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i dont know what they're talking about, maybe you do?

heres a link about ubuntu security- its a huge thread in a forum:
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hope i helped :)

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